190 DOG DAYS. 



JULY 8. St. Elizabeth, queen of Portugal, 

 A.D. 1336. 

 St. Procopius, martyr, 303. 

 SS. Kilian, Colmaii, and lotnam, 688. 

 St. Withburge, virgin, lOlh cent. 

 B. Theobald, abbot, 13th cent. 

 St. Grimbald, abbot, 903. 



Obs. St. Elizabeth was the daushter of Peter III. king- of Arraeon. He 

 was careful to place most virtuous persons about liis ilauijhter, who in return 

 for his tender solicitude hart no relish for any thins but what was conduciTe 

 to piety and devotion. At twelve years of aifc she was given in niarriaife to 

 Dionysius king- of Poitugal. She made herself beloved bv all who approached 

 her liy her goodness, meekness, and humility; her liberalities also were 

 unbounded. She srave up her happy soul to God on the 4th of July, in the year 

 1336, of her age sixty five. A beautiful Hymn to St. Elizabeth, beginning 

 Domure cordis impetus Elizabeth, is inserted in the Roman Breviary . 



Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis full flower. 

 Tall Lavatera Lavatera arborea fl. 

 Slender Pimpernel Anagallis teneLla fl. 

 Philadelphi-an Lily Lilium Philadelphicum fl. 

 Water Plantain Alisma Plantago fl. by water. 

 Marsh Thistle Cnicus palustris full fl. 

 Common Thistle Cnicus arvensis fl. 

 Deadly Nightshade A tropa Belladonna full fl. 

 Tulip Tree Liliodendron tulipifera fl. 



Cherry Orcliards ripe and in full fruit have now a pleasing effect, more 

 tfiau the noisy Cherryclack so often set up in /errorem Avium. 



The lamplight student, wan and pale, 



In his chamber sits at ease. 

 And tries to read without avail ; 



For every moment the liiht breeze 



Springs up, and nestles in the trees. 



And then he startles at the sound 



Of the noisy Cherryclack, 

 That drives its flippant windsails round 



With Lybs still puBing at his b.ick, 



Provoking endless clickateeclack . 



The s( holar tries, and tries again, 

 To read, but can't ; then diinins the Cherries, 



And swears that evei-y effort 's vain 

 To answer all liis master's queries ; 

 For Greek and Latin quite a jeer is. 



Where every chorus, every verse. 



Is interrupted; for, alack ! 

 When he begins one to rehearse, 



The thread is broke, himself thrown back, 



By this perpetual clickateeclack. 



Antholosia. 



