A LITERARY CURIOSITY. Why all this

toil for the triumph of an hour Î -Dr.

Yourg. Life's a short summer-roan is but

the ilcwcr. -Dr. Johnson. By tunis v\c

catch the fatal breath and die ; -Pope.

The cradle and the tomb, alas I how

nigh. -Prior. To bo ia better far than

not to be,-Sewell. Though all man's life

may teem a tragedy. Spencer. Light ceres

speak when heavy 'griefs ore dumb.

-Daniel. The bottom is but shallow

whence they come. Sir W. lîa'eish. Thy

fate it is the common fate of all ;-Loug

lellow. Unmliiglcd joy hero no man

befall.-Soutnwell. Cubtora does not

reason overrule,-Rochester. Aud throw a

cruel tuiuliine on a fool.-Arm strong.

Live well,-how long or t>horl permit to

heaven. -Milton. They who forgive most

shall be most forgiven; -11 alley. Sin

may be cLispcd £0 doge we cannot tee its

fall. -French. Vile intercourse where

virtue lias no place. Somerville. Then

keep ca'Ji passion donn, however Jear;

Thompson. Thou pendulum betwixt a smile

and tcir : Byron. Her sensual snare let

faithlcES pleasure lay. Smollett. With

craft and skill to ruin and betray.

Ciabbe. Soar not too high to fall, but

6toop to rue. MakJngcr. . We, masters

grow of all that we deeptee. Crowley.

Oh, then renounce that impious tclf-

cttoüm ; Beattie, niches have wings, and

grandeur is a dream. -Cowper. Think not

ambition wise because 'tis biave. Sir

Wm. Davenport. - The paths of glory lead

but to the grave : -Gray. What' ia

ambition ? "lis a glorious cheat.

-Willis. Only, destructive to tlie brave

and great I Addijm. , What's all the

gaudy glitter of a crown f Diyácn. Tile

way to blisB lies not on beds of down.

Frances Quarles. How long we live, not

years but, actions tell. -Wilkins. That

man lives twice who lives lils first

life well. -Herrick. , Mike, then, while

yo may your God your Mend; I -Wm. Haion.

Whom Christians worship, yet not

comprehend. d -urn. The trust that's

given, guard ; to yourself be just. .

-Dana. For live we how we may, yet, die

we must Shakespeare. ' [Mosaic formed of

lines from Engliih and American poets,

by lire. Dcming.J