ia n nuotatiou
from some standard American or English
?author and representa tho result of
years of laborious search among tho
voluminous writings of thirty-eight
poets.-? :l. Why nil this toll for
triumphs of an hour? 2. Life's a short
summer, man's a flower. .'!. Hj' turns
we catch the vital breath and die-. '1,
The cradle and the lomb, alas! so nigh!
fi. To he is better far than not to bc,
I!. Though nil men's lives may ooein n
tragedy. 7. Hut iight cares spread when
mighty griefs are dumb: 8. The bottom is
but shallow whence they conic. !). Your
fate is but the common fate of all; 10.
Unminglod joys to no man herc befall.
11. Nature to each allots its proper
sphere; 12. Fortune makes fully her
particular caro. IV,. Custom does not
often reason overrule, l-l. And throw a
cruel sunshine on a fool. K,. Live well,
how long or short, permit lo heaven; 10.
They who forgive most shall bo most for
given. 17. Sin may bo clasped so close
wc cannot see Hs face 18. Vile
intercourse where virtue lias no pince.
10. Thon koop each passion down, however
dear, "0. Thou pendulum betwixt a smile
and tear. 21. Her sensual snares let
faithless pleasure lay. 22. With craft
and skill to ruin and betray. 2.'i. Soar
not too high to fall, but stoop lo rb-o.
21. We masters grow of all that wo
despise. LT). Oh, then, renounce that
impious self-es teem! 20. Riches have
wings and grandeur is a dream. 27. Think
not ambition wise because 'tis bravo;
28. The paths ol' glory lead hut to tho
grave. 20. What is ambition? 'Tis n
glorious cheatf'.O. Only destructive to
the brave and great. "H. What's all the
guady glitter of a crown? .r!2. Tho way
of bliss lies not on bods of down.
.'!.'";. How long we live not years but
actions tell 'il. That man lives twice
who lives the first life well. 3à. Make,
then, while yet you may, your God your
friend, ."li. Whom Christians worship,
yet not compre hend. !!7. The trust,
that's given, guard, and to you> sell'
be just, '.'?ii. For live wo how we can,
yet die wo must. The linos are
contributions from: 1, Young; 2, TH-.
Johnson; Pope; 4, Prior; fi, Sewell; (Î.
Spencer; 7, Daniel; S, Sir Walter Scott;
!>. Longfellow; 10, Soul h well; 11,
Congreve; 12, Churchill: 10, Rochester;
ll, Armstrong; lâ, Milton; "ll!. Hailey;
iv, Trench; 18, Somervilo; 10, Thompson
; 20, Byron; 21, Smollelt; 22, Crabbe;
211, Massinger; 21, Cowley; 25, Beattie;
2G. Cowper; 27, Sir Welter Devenant; 28,
Cray, 20, WiHis; i!0, Addison; ,*!1,
Dryden; '.VA, Kraut, is Charles; M.
Watkins; 31, Herrick; .'¡5, William
Mason; 3ti, mil; 'M, Dana; US,
Shakspcre.