CHAP. 10. 1. ANTIQUITIES, &c. 297 



a virgin martyr, for particulars of which I refer 



to Granger's Biographical History of England.* 



Many customs observed on Saints' Days have 



Primis, et Venerem et proelia destinat 

 Frustra : nam gelidos inficiet tibi 

 Rubro sanguine rivos 



Lascivi soboles gregis. 

 Te flagrantis atrox hora Caniculae 

 Nescit tangere : tu frigus amabile 

 Fessis vomere tauris 



Praebes, et pecori vago." 



* Granger's Bib. Hist. Eng. iii. 54. 



I extract from the Star Newspaper the following Sonnet 

 to this Saint, written on viewing Raphael's Picture of her : 



" Hail Saint ! whose form the pencil yet pourtrays, 

 Calling our minds to hallowed times of old, 

 When pastors grave, to guard their wandering fold 

 From prowling wolf that on meek virtue preys, 

 Gathered their flocks on holie ground to graze, 

 By fountains pure where sacred waters rolled. 

 And when at eve the vespers' bell had tolled, 

 Around their hopes the pen of faith did raise, 

 Inspire me to exhort our faultering race ; 

 To strive with him the martyr'd Virgin trod. 

 Then chere thou with thy form and tranquil face, 

 My sheep awaiting His directing nod, 

 Who whylome held on earth the heavenly mace, 

 And call'd us back to our appeased God." 



Star, June, 12, 1820. 



