two wreaths with dates:
1659 - 1909
NORWICH
CONNECTICUT
The Rose of New England
250th
ANNIVERSARY
FOUNDING OF THE TOWN,
125th ANNIVERSARY
INCORPORATION OF THE CITY.
CELEBRATION
July 5th & 6th 1909.
large image of
single pink rose
GOOD OLD NORWICH! HOW I LOVE THEE-
LOVE THY STRONG AND MASSIVE HILLS;
LOVE THE RUSHING OF THY RIVERS
AND THE BABBLING OF THY RILLS;
LOVE THY ROCKS THAT RISE LIKE BASTIONS,
AND THE VALES THAT STRETCH BELOW;
LOVE THY SUMMERS WITH THEIR SUNSHINE
AND THY WINTERS WITH THEIR SNOW;
LOVE THY CEDARS, SUCH AS FURNISHED
UNTO LEBANON ITS FAME;
LOVE THE GLORIES OF THY LANDSCAPES,
AND THE GLORY OF THY NAME,
AS A MOTHER LOVES HER DARLINGS,
AS A SAILOR LOVES THE SEA,
AS A WOMAN LOVES HER IDOLS,
SO, DEAR NORWICH, LOVE I THEE.
ANSON G. CHESTER, 1859
