ihe following remarkable poem is a

contribution to the Ban Francisco Times,

from ths pen of Mrs. H. A. Denning. Tha

reader will obeerve- that ' each line,

ie a quotation from pome di me Bcanaara

poeis 01 aagiana or America:— ' V ? ' .

- ??' ? ' Why all this toil for triumphs

of an hour T (Young.) Life's but a

summer, man a flower, ( Johnson.} By

turns we ratch the vital breath and die—

(Pope.) The cradle and the tomb, alas,

so nigh. (Prior.) To be, is better far

than not to be, (Sewed.) Though all

man's life may seem a tragedy ; fpptnur

) But light cares speafe ween mighty

griefs axo dumb, ! (DanitHi) ? 5 :' rT^

'9 ?' ' The-bofctomiB-bnt, shallow

v?henpe they come.' I (Raleigh.)

Xouifate isbutthecotnmonlot of all ;

(LotijfeUou!.) Kspipgled: joys here to

no man befau. (Souikwill/) nature to

esch allots his proper sphere ; (Congrew

% Fortune pjajcea folly her peculiar

care \ (Churchill.) yustr-ja joes Dot

often reason overrule, (Rochester.) And

throws a cruel sunshine on a f 00L

(Armstrong.) live well; now long or

short, peroty to. heajen, ' (Matm.) ? '

. , ? , They who foigive most shall be

moat xorglreB. fan may be clasped so

close we cannot see Us face, YjTrtneh.)

- ,-?-yfle intercoursa where virtue has

no place. (Burner* jten keep

each'paEsion down, howerer dear, \

(Thomson.) . Thou pendulum betwixt a

smile snd tsar. (Byron.) Her sensual

mares let faithless pleasures lay; '

(SmoUetC) : -With craft and skill, to

rnin and betray. (Critibe:) Soar not too

high to fall, but stoop to rise. (Mas* 1

singer.)* ? ? , We masters grow of all

that we despise. (Cowley.) Oh, . then,

renounce that impious self-esteem: i

(Beaitie) BJches hare wings, and

grandeur is a dream. ! (Cowper.) Think

not ambition wise because 'tis brave;

(Dave; nant.) _ The paths of glory lead

but to the grave. (Gray.) What is

ambition 7 'Us a glorious cheat !

(WiUis.) Only deBtractire to the brave

and great. (Amiton) What's all the

gaudy glitter of a crown ? (Dryden.)

Xfce way to bliss lies not on beds of

down. \ (Quarks.) How long we live, not

years but actions tell ; (Watting.) That

man lives twice --bo lives the first

lifeweH. ! (Herriek.) Make, then, while

yet ye may, your God yoar friend,

(Mason.) , , , ' . Whom Christians

worship, yet not comprehend. : (EM.) *'

The trust's that given, guard, and to

yourself te I just, (Sana.) ? ? For live

we how we can, yet dla we most. (Shake*

f spearer)