LIFE. The following remarkable

poem t'I a contribution to the "Sas

Francisco Times," from the pen of Mrs.

1t: A. Denning. The render will obsenr

that -each line is a quotation from some

of the standard poets of England ,or

America :Why all this toil for triumphs

of an hour ?-Young. Life's but a

sunmner, man a flower.Johnson. IBy

turns we catch the vital breath SansJ

die.-Pope. TMie cradle mnid the tomb,

alas, so nigh.-Prior. To be, 'is hstter

far than not to be.Sewell. Thougfh all

man's life may seem a tragedy.-Spenoer.

But light cares .speak when mighty

griefs are dumb.-Daniel. The bottom is

but shallow whence thev come.--Raleigh.

Your £ate is but the common lot of

all.-Longfellow. Unstingled joys here to

no man. befalk.-Southwell. Nature, to

each allots his proper sphere.--

Congreve. I Fortune -makes folly her

peculiar oare. -Churchill. Custom does

not often reason overrule.-Rochester.

And throws a cruel sunshine on a

fool.-Armstrong. Live well; how loqng or

short, permit to heavcn.-Milton. They

who forgive most shall l.n most

Sforgiven.--Bailey. Sin may be clasped

so close we cannot see its faoe.-Trench.

Vile intercourse w-here virtue has no

place.--Somerville. Then kep each

passion down. however dear.--

Thomson.Thou Thou pendulum betwixt a

smile and tear-Byron. Her sensual snares

let faithless pleas ures lay.--Smollett.

With craft and.skill, to ruin and

betraSy.-Crabbe. Solr not too high to

fall, but stoop to rise.--fassiuigor.

-We mastens grow of all that we

despise.-Cowley. Oh, thln, Irenounce

that impious selfesteem.--1

'attle.Riches Riches have wings, and

grandeur is a dream.-Cowper . Think not

ambition wise hbecause 'tis

brave.-Davenant. The Jathus of glory

lead but to the grave.-CGma. What is

amhition ? 'tis a glorious chest

!-Willls. Only destructiv-' to lthe brah

e and Lreaot.-ddtis,no What's all the

gauslu" glitter of a crown ?--lreydlc.

The way to bliss lies not on ceds of

dwnl.-Quaries.I How long we live, snut

years, but actions tell.-Watkins. .That

mun l;iuhs twice who lives the first

life npoll.-filerrick. Make. then, while

vet ve may, your God your friend.--

anson. Whmm Christian wiorship, yet lot

comlrurhendl.--H~I. Thle truusts that

given, uardl, and to yourself he

ijust.-Dann. For live ir how we ran, yet

die we must