Xenia epigram

A xenia epigram is an epigram attached to a gift, sometimes as represented in a xenia mosaic. Originally found in Latin literature, it was revived in the nineteenth century.

An example:

With a mosaic "Forget me not"

Accept and wear this constant flower,

Thus copied out by art.

It blooms in Nature but its hour,--

For ever in the heart.

Affections into habits grown,--

Lives fastened in one lot,--

The flower has strengthened into stone

We name "Forget me not."

gollark: I got a `doit` code too!

gollark: Wait, what's *that* breed?

gollark: You people have more codes than I have dragons.

gollark: It should probably just not get sick.

gollark: To be fair, it's not entirely useless, and doesn't really cause a problem.

References

Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham (1855). Metrical Pieces: Translated and Original. Boston: Croby, Nichols. p. 349. xenia mosaic.

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