? Mrs.

H. A. Denning, of . San Fran- j cisco.

lis said;. to have, occupied a! year in

huritSng up and fitting to- ! gether the

following thirty-eight lines 7rotn

thirty-eight English poets. . 1. Why all

-this toil for triumphs of an hour ? '

2. Life's a short summer — man a ,x

flower ; 3. By turns we catch the -vital

-breath and die — 4. The cradle and the

tomb, alas ! so nigh. -5. To be better

far than not to be, . 6. Though all

man's life may seem ^ to be' a tragedy.

. 7. But light caries speak when mighty

griefs are dumb, 1 8. Thb bottom is but

shallow . whence they come. 9, Your fate

is- but the common fate of all, 10.

Unniingled joys, here, to no ... man

befall. -_ 11- 'Nature -to each allots

his proper ; sphere, 1 ; 12. Fortune

makes folly her pecu15. Live well, how

long or short . permit to Heaven, -16.

They who forgive. most shall be most

forgiven. 17. Sin may be clasped so

close we caunot see its face — 18. Vile

intercourse where virtue bas no place ;

19. Then keep each passion down, however

dear, 20. Thou pendulum betwixt a smile

and . tear ; 21.' Her sensual snares let

faithless pleasure lay 22. VCith craft

and skill to ruin and betray, 23. Soar

not too high to fall, but stoop to rise,

24. Wc masters- grow of all that we

despise. 25. O, then, renounce that

impious self-esteem ; 26.- Riches have

wings, and grandeur is a dream. 27.

Think not ambition wise becnuse 'tis

brave ; 28. The paths of glory lead but

to the grave. 29. What is. ambition 1

'Tis a glorious cheat ; 30. Only

destructive to the brave and great. 31.

What's all the gaudy glitter of ? crown

? 32. The way to bliss lies not on beds

of down. 33. How long we live, not

years, but actions tell. * -34. That man

lives twice who lives the first life

well. 35. Make then, while yet ye may.

Hod your friend, 36. -Whom Christians

worship, yet not comprehend. 37. The

'trust that's given guard, and to your

self be just, 38. For, live we how wc

may, yet die we must.