A socket and groove for the cross, and the cross itself, with its shaft broken, are the only remains of this venerable tomb, on which Risdon says there was an inscription, but now no traces of it are visible. W. H. H. * * * * * REMEMBER THEE. (_For the Mirror._) Remember thee! thou wouldst not cherish--breathe, One claim for Memory in a heart like mine; Yet, all it-all its hopes for Heaven, or Earth beneath. Were worthless, if unshared by thee and thine! Remember thee! yes, bound in strongest ties Are those blest ones, that at thy feet may fall,-- The heart whom Fortune such dear bonds denies, Is proud to love thee dearer than them all! Remember thee! there is no shame in this, Though oft my heart may wander, and my eye, Picturing fair shapes of too ideal bliss, Forgets the "cold world of reality." Remember thee! there is no error here-- To love the gay, the beautiful, the bright, With fondest passion, then to turn with fear To sterner duties--tasks forgotten quite. Remember thou that one, who loved thee well Though scorned, and broken-hearted, and undone, When, without shame, thy ruby lips may tell How deep the passion of that nameless one! Remember! oh, remember! in those years Which fleet so fast--which I may never see; Then, whilst I linger in this "vale of tears," What should I think upon, but God and thee! THOMAS M----s. * * * * * ANCIENT ROMAN FESTIVALS AUGUST. (_For the Mirror._) The _Portumnalia_ was a festival in honour of _Portumnus_, who was supposed to preside over ports and havens, celebrated on the 17th of August, in a very solemn and lugubrious manner, on the borders of the Tiber. The _Vinalia_ were festivals in honour of Jupiter and Venus. The first was held on the 19th of August, and the second on the 1st of May. The Vinalia of the 19th of August were called _Vinalia Rustica_, and were instituted on occasion of the war of the Latins against Mezentius; in the course of which war, that people vowed a libation to Jupiter of all the wine in the succeeding vintage. On the same day likewise fell the dedication of a temple to Venus; whence some authors have fallen into a mistake, that these Vinalia were sacred to Venus.