PROVERBS RELATING TO THE SUN.

Aurora.

Aurora borealis denotes cold.

If Aurora with half-open eyes

And a pale sickly cheek salutes the skies,

How shall the vines with tender leaves defend

Her teeming clusters when the storms descend.

(Virgil.)

Candlemas Day.

So far as the sun shines in on Candlemas day (2d of February),