L'IFE. The following remarkable poem is

d contribution to the "Sea. Francisco

Times," from tbo p<m ol Mrs; H. A.

Donning. The readers will ohBerve that

each lime Is a fluotation from some of

the standard poets of England or America

Why all this toil for triumphs of an

hour -7-Young. Life's but a summer, man

a (lower. Johnson. By turns we catch the

vital breath and die.-Pope. The cradle

and the tomb, alas, Bo nigh.-Prior. To

be is better far than not to be.

-Sewell. Though all men's life may seem

a tragtgdy.-Spencer. But light cares

speak when mighty griefs arc

dumb.-Daniel. Tbo bottom Is but shallow

whence they cotnc.-llalelgh. Vour fate

is but the common lot <ff

all.-Longfellow. Unmingied joys here to

no man be Call.-Southwell. Nature to

each allots bis proper sphere.-Coqgreve.

Fortune makes folly her peculiar

cairo.'-Churchill. Custom does not often

overrule. Rochester. And throws a cruel

- sunshine on a fool.-Armstrong. Live

well; how long or short, per * wit to

hoavon .-Milton. They who forgive most

shall 4mj most forgiven.-Bailey. Sin may

be clasped so close we can not see its

face.r-Trench. Vile intercourse where

virtue has no place Somervllle. Then

keep each passion down, how ever

dear.-Thomson. Thou pendulum betwixt a

smile and tear.--Byron. Her sensual

snares let faithless pleas-) urea

lay.-Smollett. With craft and skill, to

ruin and bo tray Crabbe. Soar not too

high to fall, but stoop to

riwi.-MafiBlngotr, Wo masters grow of

ail that wc de spise.-Oowley, Oh, then,

renounce that Impious self

ostoem.-Beattie. Ulches have wings, and

grandeur is a dream.-Cowper. Think not

ambitiouswisc because 'tis

brave.-Davenant. The paths of glory lead

but to the grave.-Gray. What is ambition

7 'tis a gloriouB cheat !-Willis. Only

destructive to the brave awl

great.-Addison. What's all the gaudy

glitter of >1 crown 7-Dryden. The way to

bliss lies not on beds of down.-Quaries.

How long we live, not years, but ac

tions tell.-Watkins. That man lives

twice who lives the first life

well.-Herrick. Make, then, while yet ye

may, your God your friend.-Mason. Whom

Christian worship, yet not

comprehend.-Hill. The trust's tliat

given, guard, and to yourself be

just.-Dana. For live wc how wo-can, vet

die we must.