298 CRISPIN TIDE. 



OCT. 24. St. Proclus, bisliop and con. a.d. 447. 

 St. Felix, bishop and martyr, 303. 

 St. Magloire, bishop and confessor, 575. 

 Festival of St. Raphael, archangel. — oid Pans Brev. 



Ohs. St. I'rocliii was a native of Constantino|ile, and was very young when he was 

 made reader of tliat church. He was ordained Archbishop of Cyzicus, metropolis of the 

 Hellespont, but he never was able to take possession of that see, and in 434 he was pro- 

 moted to that of Constantinople. He conducted his rtock with great piety, wisdom, and 

 prudence. The first part of the year 447 is memorable for a dreadful earthquake, which 

 was felt from place to place during six months in divers parts of Efjypt and the East ; at 

 Constantinople the inhabitants wandered in the tields, distracted with fear and horror. 

 St. Proclus with his clergy followed his scattered flock, and ceased not to comfort and 

 exhort them to implore the mercy of God. After saying theTrisagion or triple doxology 

 with the people, iln these words, " Holy God, holy strong, holy immortal, have mercy 

 on us I" the earthquake ceased. St. Proclus was called by Vigilius the most learned of 

 prelates. He died ou the 24th of October, in HI.— Lives of the Saints. 



The Feast of St. Raphael the Archangel is not in the Eiisrlish Missal, though in the 

 later editions of the Paris Breviary, and there used to be sung at Vespers, probably on 

 the Vigil, the hymn begiunini; 



Tibi Christe splendor Patris 



Vitae, Virtus Cordium 



In conspectu Angelorum 



Votis voce^psallimus, &c. 



Zigzag Starwort Aster fiexuosus full fl. 



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Though laany plants remain in flower, yet few come into flower in our open borders 

 ust at this time of year. There is a great deal of garden work, however, to be done. 

 The pots of Geraniums and Myrtles which have stood out of doors, if not already re- 

 placed in the greenhouse, must now be brought in. The borders must be dug, the dead 

 haulme of the plants cleared awav, and the gardens got into as neat a state as the fallen 

 and filling leaves will allow of. All those bulbous roots, such as Tulips, &c. which have 

 been taken up about Michaelmas, and not yet put into the ground, must now be planted, 

 the trees again pruned, and the leaves swept up and laid among some dung to rot into 

 mould for next year. For this occupation described we must take advantage of the 

 dryest and stillest weather, it being always uncertain at this time; so that by the en.d of 

 next month all the autumnal gardening must be finished. 



The general decay of flowers at this time of year reminds one of the following transla- 

 tion of the celebrated poem, Aprended Jinres lie me, by Gongora. We believe tfcc lines, 

 which we have in our mind, are from the London Magazine : 

 The Song of Catherine of Arragon. 



O take a lesson, flowers ! from me, 



How in a dawn all charms decay; 

 Less than a shadow doomed to be, 



Who was a wonder yesterday. 

 I, with the early twilight born. 



Found, ere the evening sliades, a bier; 

 And I should die in the darkness lorn, . ' 



But that the Moon is shining here. 



So must ye die — though ye appear 

 So fair — and night your curtain be : 



take a lesson, flowers ! from me. 



My fleeting being was consoled 

 When the Carnation met my view : 



One hurrying day my doom has told — 

 Heaven gave that lovely flower but two. 



Ephemeral monarch of the wold — 



1 clad in gloom — in scarlet he : 



O take a lesson, flowers ! from xae. 

 The Jasmine, sweetest flower of flowers. 



The soonest is its radiance fled ; 

 It scarce perfumes as many hours 

 As there are starbeams round its head, 

 If living amber fragrance shed. 

 The Jasmine, sure, its shrine must be: 

 O take a lesson, flowers ! from me. 

 The bloody Wallflower fragrance gives- 

 It towers unblushing, proud, and gay: 

 More days than other (lowers it lives. 

 It blows through all the hours of May. 

 I'd rather like a shade decay, 

 Than such a gaudy being be : 

 O take a lesson, flowers I from me. 



