Winter Cherry. _Physalis._
Dedicated to _St. Marcian_.
[379] Brady’s Clavis Calendaria.
~November 3.~
_St. Malachi_, Abp. of Armagh, A. D. 1143. _St. Hubert_, Bp. of Leige,
A. D. 727. _St. Wenefride_, or _Winefride_. _St. Papoul_, or
_Papulus_, 3d. Cent. _St. Flour_, A. D. 389. _St. Rumwald._
Without being sad, we may be serious; and continue to-day the theme of
yesterday.
Mr. Bowring, from whose former poetical works several citations have
already glistened these pages, in a subsequent collection of effusions,
has versified to our purpose. He reminds us that--
Man is not left untold, untaught,
Untrain’d by heav’n to heavenly things;
No! ev’ry fleeting hour has brought
Lessons of wisdom on its wings;
And ev’ry day bids solemn thought
Soar above earth’s imaginings.
In life, in death, a voice is heard,
Speaking in heaven’s own eloquence,
That calls on purposes deferr’d,
On wand’ring thought, on wild’ring sense,
And bids reflection, long interr’d,
Arouse from its indifference.