A LITERARY CURIOSITY. LIFE. Why all this

toll for the triumph of an. hour ? -Dr.

Young. Life's a short summer—man is but

the flower, —Dr. Johnson. By tuns we

catch the fatal breath and die | *

—Pope. The cradle and the tomb,- alts !

how nigh. —Prior. To be k better far

than not to be,—So«'ell. Though all

nan's We may seem a tragedy.-* Spencer.

Light care* speak when heavy griefs are

dumb.. —Daniel. The bottom ia bat

ihallow whence they come.-« Sir W.

Ba'eijh. - Thy fate it is the common

late of all ;— Lougfellow. ,'

tTnmingtel Joy here no nun

befall.—Southwell. ; Custom doea not

reason overrule.—Rochester. And throw a

cruel ivusliine on a fool.—Arm* atroag.

Live well.—how long or ahort permit to

heaven* —MiLon. They who forgive moat

shall be most forgiven; —Bailey. Sin may

be clasped ao clow wo cannot tee ltt

falL —French. Vila intercourse where

virtue has no place.-* - fiomerville.

Then keep each paaslon down, however

dear;— Thompson. Thon pendulum betwixt a

anile and tear :— Byron. Her tentual nan

let falthlen pleasure lay.— 6molle'.t.

with craft and skill to ruin and

betray.-* Crabbe. Boar not too high to

fall, but «4oop to rise.-* Malinger. -

We, masters grow of all that we

despite.-* • Crowley. Oh, then renounce

that impious self-ettecm ;—< Beattie.

Riches have wings, and grandeur is a

dream. —Cowper. Think not ambition wise

because 'tis brave.— Sir Win. Davenport.

The paths of glory lead but to too grave

t —Gray. What ia ambition ? ■ 'Tia a

glorious cheat,— —Will*. Only,

destructive to the brave and great I—

AdUi.on. What's «U 4he goody glitter of

a crown ?— Dry en. The way to blias liea

not on beds of down.— Francos Quarles.

Uow long we lire, not years but, act i

one tell. —Witkina. That man live* twice

who lives his first lie well. —Hcrr'ck.

Wake, then, whQe ye may your God your

friend; —Wm. Mi-0:1. Whom Christians

worship, yet net comprehend. —Hill. The

trust that's given, guard ; to yourself

be Just. —Dana. For live we how we may,

yet, die we must.— Shakespeare. [Mosaio

formed of lines from English and

American poets, by lira. Dendnf.