"Wreathe of Oak"
(included in Ladies Valentines, 1811)
1 No Garland gay of painted Flow’rs
Has Cupid gleam’d in Temples Bow’rs
2 But from Britannia’s hand bespoke
A garland of her [hatrae] oak.
3 With Bliss unfading to entwine
A British Hero’s Valentine.
H. Cobbold