Poem toy Thirty-eight Authors i.

Literary Curiosity. A coiwipoMtent

Bends'an exofiaoge tfe followingvjfcicb*

we may say, are not altogether

unknown:®ie lines 1 copy from my aarap-

Look; have bad tlieni lor tldrty years;

are from Kogjjgh and Aiucrican 3>oet*.

The whole, despite occasional faulty ,

Thyme, reads almost as' it It were'

written At ouu ritune <md by one author.

VI OK UF8. rWhy all tfaia toll lor

triumphs of an hour. Young. life's 4

abort summer-man is but a flower. Dr.

/ohnson. 1 By tuna we catch the total

breath and die. 1 Pope. The cmdle and

the tomb, alas! so nigh. Prior. .To be

Is better far than not to be. Sewell. i

though all man's life may seem a

tragedy. Spencer. But Ught care speak

when mighty ^griefs are dumb. The bottom

Is but shallow whence they come. Sir

Walter Baieigb, Your fate Is but the

common fate of all. Longfellow.

Unmlnried joys here 00 man befall. ;

Southwell. tfaturo to each allots her

proper sphenr Oongreve. rortu&e'makst

folly her peculiar tare. CharcMIL Gorton

often does reason overrule. . .

Rochester. And throw a cruel suncflilne

on a fool. Armstrong. « lAve well-how

long or short, permit to heaven. Milton.

They who forgive most Stall be most

forgiven. j Bailey. Sin may be claspcd

so close we cannot see Its face, French.

! Vile intercourse where virtue )taa no

place. SomervilJe. ( Then keep c&ch

passion down, however dear, Thomson.

Show pendulum betwixt a emtio and tear.

isyron. Her sensual..snares let

faithless pleasures lay. --' " Smollet.

With craft and skill to ruin and betray.

Crabbc. Soar not too high to fall* but

stoop to rise. Masslnger. We masters

grow of all that wc despise. Crowley.

Oh. then, renounce that Impious Rclf-

catcem BeatUe. IMches have wings and

grsndour is a dream Cowper. Think not

ambition wise because 'tis hrave. Sir

Walter Davenant "The paths of glory lead

hut to the grave. Orsy. ;Wliit Is

ambitionT 'Tie a glorious cheat. wiiiis.

Oftlv destructive lo lhc bravo and

great, Addison. v What's all the gaudy

gltttcr of 0 crown. Drydcn. The way lo

bliss lies not on beds of down. Francis

Qutries. How long we live, not year* but

actions tell. Welkins. Hiat ffian lives

twice who lives the first life well.

Merrick. -Hake, then, while yet ye may,

your God your friend. VilHam Mason. Whom

Christians worship !?1 nnt tvmprcbcnd.

Hill. : The trust that's given guard,

sini) t* yourself be