A LITERARY CURIOSITY. . In the following

little -poem each line is a quotation

from some one of the otjndard authors of

England and America The number of each

line refers to the' authors below : — 1.

Why all this toil for triumphs of ail

hour ? — 2. Life's a short summer — mail

a flower— . 3. By turns we calch the

vital breach and ? die ; ' 4. The cradle

and the tomb, alas ! eu nisrh. ., ''?;

H. -To lie is better far rlian not to

be. - 6. Though all men's lives may seem

a . tragedy ; -? . .: ? 7- But light

caics speak when mighty : griefs arc

dumb ; 8. The bottom is but shallow

whencc. . they come.' 9. Your faie is

but the common fate of ?'. ' all

?.?.???, ??.; '?' :?' : 10. Unminglcd

joys here no mail can be.fall;':''- : ?

11. Nature to each allots Its proper

sp'ripre; ? 12. Fortune makes folly its

peculiar '.-are. 13. Custom does not

often- reason ovcr? rule, ? 14. And

throw a cruel sunshine on a ' fool. , ?

15. Live well : how long or short,

permit to Heaven ; ? 16. They who

forgive most shall. he-. most ?

forgiven. 17. Soar not too high- to

fall, ; but stoop to rise, ? : IS. 'We

masters grow of that which we - -

despise. - ? . . 19. Oh, then, renounce

that impious trclf. esteem ! , . 20.

Riches7 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. 1 25. What's- all ? the gaudy ;

.glitter -of a. . crown ? .-..r ????„?

26. The way of bliss -lies not on beds

of down. ? — . ? .'' 27. IIow long we

live not years but. ae- . tions tell — -

/ 28. That man lives twice that lives

thefirst life well. 29. Make then, while

yet ye may, jour 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 we how we can, die wo

must. 1, Young ; 2, Dr. Johnson ; 3,

Pope ; i, . Prior ; 5, S.ewell ; 6,

Sponsor.; 7, Daniel ; ? . .8, Sir Walter

Scott ; '9, Longfellow ; 10, Southwell ;

-11, Congreve ; 12, Churchill : 13,

Rochester ; 14, Armstrong ; 15, Mil- ? '

ton ; *16, Bailey ; 17, Massinger'; 18,

Cowley ; 19, . Beaittio-; 20/ Cowper ;

21. Sit Walter Davcnarit : 22, Gray ;

23, Willis ; 24. Addison ; 25; Dryden ;

20, Francis Charles; 27,:_Watkins ; 28,

Herrick : 29, . William Mason ; 30, Pitt

; 31, Dana ; 32, Shakspearc.