A LITERARY CURIOSITY. In the following

little poem eacH line B is a quotation

from some one of the ^tm- H dard .

authors of England and America B The.

number of each line refers to ikd B

authors below : — B 1. Why all this toil

for triumph*) of an I hour ? B 2. Life's

a short summer — man a flower - B . 3.

By turns we catch the vital breath- and

B -t. Tim cradle and the tomb, alas ! eo

H o. 10 ihj is uubiui i.u 1 - 1 - ? 1 1

uoi 10 oe. 0. Though all men's lives may

Kceni .i tragedy ; 7- But light cnrcs

speak when mighty griefs axe dumb ; 8.

The bottom is but shallow whence they

come, 9. Your fate is but the common

fate r»f all ; * 10. Untninglcd jovs

here no man can befall. #11. 11. Nature

to each allots Its proper sphere: 12.

Fortune makes folly its peculiar «nro.

13. Custom does' not often reason

overrule, ~14. 14. And throw a crucl

sunshine on a fool. 15. Live well ; how

long or short, permit to Heaven ; 10.

They who forgive most shall be most

forgiven. 17. Soar not too high to fall,

but stoop to rise, 18. Wc masters grow

of that which w* despise. ; . 19. Oh,

then, renounce that impious *clf? esteem

! 20. Ricoes have wings, and grandeur is

a. dream. 21. Think not ambition wise

because 'tis brave ; 22. The paths of

glory lead but to the grave. 23. What is

ambition ? 'Tis a glorious cheat — 24.

Only destruction to tho brave and great.

25. What's all the gaudy glitter of a

crown ? 20. The way of bliss lies not on

beds of down. B 27. How long we live not

years but ac- B tions tell — . . B 28.

That man Uvea twice that lives .the B

first life well. B on -\rol-* iKrm Vftf.

VA mnv vnnf ? God your friend, 30. Whom

Christians worship, yet not comprehend.

31. The trust that's given guard, and to

yourself be just, 32. For, live wc how

we can, die we must. 1, Young ; 2, Dr.

Johnson ; 3, I'ope ; 4, Prior ; 5,

Scwell ; 6, Spenser ; 7, Daniel ; 5, Sir

Walter Scott; 9, Longfellow; 10,

Southwell ; 11, Congrcvc ; 12, Churchill

: 13, Rochester ; 14, Armstrong ; lo,

Milton ; 10, Bailey ; 17, Mnsslnger ;

18. Cowley ; 19, Beaittio ; 20, Cowper ;

21, Sir Walter Davenant : 22, Gray ; 23,

Willis : 24, Addison ; 25. Dryden ; 20,

Francis Charles ; 27, Watkins ; 23,

TIcrriek : 20, William Alason ; 30, Pitt

; 31, Dana ; 32, Siiakspoare.