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They have wreathed the seminary, the dormitories, the little chapel, in trees and shrubberies and lawns.

From Time Magazine Archive

There we'll recline 'neath the shade of the willow, Where roses and lilies have wreathed a sweet pillow, And the goldfinch concealed in the green boughs above Is warbling all day to his beautiful love.

From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by Yellott, George

Princess.—The bough which I, while wreathing thoughts, have wreathed, Soon finds a worthy resting-place.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various

Even now the sails are ready for the winds, and the sailors have wreathed the ships with garlands, as if for departure.

From The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) by Various

But we never really feel at home there, though childhood may have wreathed round with tender memories old rooms and the quaint garden-places of happy unthinking hours.

From AE in the Irish Theosophist by Russell, George William