'238 BARTLEMY TIDE. 



AUG. 25. St. Louis, king of France; a. d. 1270. 

 St. Gregory of Utrecht, abbot, 776. 

 St. Ebba, virgin and abbess, 683. 



Ohs, St. Louis or Lewis was placed very young on the throne 

 of France. }Ie was naturally bountiful ; modesty, the most amiable 

 of virtues, was not the least part of the saint's character. He was 

 married to Margueret, eldest daughter of Raymund Berenger, in 

 1234. He founded the Chartreuse at Paris, and many other reli- 

 gious places and hospitals He enrolled in the Holy Wars, and it 

 was whilst waiting for the arrival of the King of Sicily with his fleet, 

 to lay siege to Tunis, that St. Lewis was taken ill, and, after re- 

 ceiving the sacrament, expired, on the 25th of August, in 1270, 

 being fifty five years and four months old, and having reigned forty- 

 three years, nine months, and eighteen days. Under the history of 

 St. Louis in J3utler's Lives will be found some account of the 

 Crusades. 



St. Ebba is called in English Tabbas or Tabbs. 



Perennial Sunflower Helianthus multiflorus full fl. 



The above plant is called Star of St. Louis in the Floral Directory, 

 The word star, in such common use among our ancestors as an em- 

 blematical representation of brilliant virtues, or any other popular 

 object of admiration, is used also for the saints themselves, and even 

 for our Lady, whose name Mary signifies Star of the Sea, which she 

 is emblematically often called. The following imitation of an 

 antient hymn may be cited as an example of this mode of expressive 

 language : 



Hail ! holy Virgin mother, wedded Maid ; 



Blest Temple of the Trinity ador'd; 

 All Angels' joy, meek Virtue's Cypress shade. 

 Fountain of clemency, pure Spouse of God, 

 Lost pilgrims' Loadstar on life's troubled way; 

 Candle of heavenlie unction, Patience' Palm, 

 Sweet light of morning, bright Star of the day. 



Lamp of Devotion, wounded sinners' Balm, 

 Chaplet of graces, Posie of our prayers, 



Chastity's Cedar, Humility's fair cell, , 

 Hope's constant magnet, solace of our cares. 



Vessel of comfort for Affliction's dell. 

 Rose of sweet heavenly odours, Lily pure. 

 Beneath thy fostering care we rest secure. 



