ASSUMPTION TIDE. 235 



AUG. 22. St. Hippolitus, b. and mart. 3d cent. 



St. Symphorian, martyr, 178. 



St. Timothy, martyr, 311. 



St. Andrew of Ireland, 880. 



St. Philibert, abbot, 684. 



Obs. St. Hippolitus flourished in the beginning of the tliird cen- 

 tury. He was the author of several great works ; Eusebius and 

 St. Jerom assure us that he wrote comments on several parts of the 

 holy scriptures, and by his example Origen was afterward excited to 

 do the like. St. Gregory of lours says he received the crown of 

 martyrdom in the persecution of Decius in 251; several oriental 

 calendars say he was drowned. 



Meadow Herb Timothy Phleum pratense full tl. 



Perennial Tripsacum Tripsacuin dactyloides fl. 



Sessileleaved Sunflower Coreopsis sessiliftora i\. 



This being the Octave of the Assumption, and having nothing 

 particular to record, we shall insert for the entertainment of the 

 reader the following translation by a celebrated poet : 



Hymn to the Virgin Mary. 

 Hail ! tliou resplendent star, 



W'hicli sliiiiest o'er the main, 

 Elest mother of our God, 



And ever virgin queen. 



Hail 1 happy gate of bliss. 



Greeted by Gabriel's tongue, 

 Nei^ociate our peace. 



And cancel Eva's wrong. 

 Loosen the sinner's bands, 



All evils drive away, 

 Briiitf lii;lit niito the blind, 



And for all graces pray. 



Exert the mother's care. 



And us thy children own. 

 To Him convey our prayer 



Who chose to be tliy son. 

 O pure, O spotless maid. 



Whose meekness all excell'd, 

 O make ns chaste and mild, 



And all our passions quell. 



Preserve our minds unstain'd, 



And guard us in our way, 

 Until we come to thee. 



To joys that ne'er decay. 

 Praise to the Father be, 



With Olirist his oi;ly son, 

 And to the Holy Ghost, 



Thrice blessed three in one. 



