the following

little poem ouch lint Is a quotation

from Houitt one of. the fitin* dnrd

authors of Kuglund and Aim'rlc.i The

number of each line refers lo tlio

authors below s— ? 1, Why ull this toll

for triumph* of an hourt ? r 2, Life's a

short-summer— man a flower— 3, By turns

we catch tho vital brca'.h and die j '

i, The cradle and the tomb, olna ! co

nigh. S. To lie is belter far than not

to be, 8. Though all men's lives may wem

a tragedy ; 7. But light enres speak

when mighty griefs aro dumb ; 8. Tho

bottom Is but Bhnllow whence they come.

0. Your fate Is but the common fato of

all; -. 10. Uniningled joys hero no mnn

ran befall. U. Nature to each allots

lt« nro;ier-fjH-«re; 12. Fortune makes

folly 1U peculiar «are. 13. CuBtom does

not often reanon overrule. 14, And throw

n cruel sunshine on u fool, . ??-.?'??

15. Live well ; how loiia or short,

penult to Heaven ; 10. They who forgive

most i-h«ll )-u moot forgiven. 17. Soar

not too high to fall, but stoop to rise,

,. . 18. We. imuirr* grow uf lhal which

we doaiiisc. 18. Oh, then, renounce lhal

Impious eclfcslcem I20, 20, Riches hnye

wing', mid 'grandeur Is a .Ironin. 81.

Think not hmbltlon wise, because tin 22,

The patim of glory lead but to Ihe 23