OLD SHRINES AND IVY

The

OLD SHRINES

AND IVY

BY

WILLIAM WINTER

"I do love these ancient ruins:
We never tread upon them but we set
Our foot upon some reverend history.
But all things have their end"

THE DUCHESS OF MALFI

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

LONDON: MACMILLAN & Co., LTD.

1896

Set up and electrotyped July, 1892. Large Paper
Edition printed July. Ordinary Edition reprinted
September, November, 1892; February, October, 1893;
July, 1894; October, 1895; November, 1896.

Norwood Press:
J. S. Cushing & Co. - Berwick & Smith.
Boston, Mass., U.S.A.

ΤΟ

George William Curtis

WITH HONOUR FOR A NOBLE MIND

AND A BEAUTIFUL LIFE

AND WITH AFFECTIONATE MEMORIES

OF MUCH KINDNESS

DURING MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS OF

UNCLOUDED FRIENDSHIP

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK

"Ibimus, ibimus,

Utcunque præcedes, supremum
Carpere iter comites parati”