A POEM OF l»OEMS. t ES. H. A. DEMING, o£
San Fran. cisco,' is said to have
occupied a rear in huniang. , up and
fitting ^ together the following 38
lines from 38 English poets. The names
of the authors are given below. 1 — Wbr
ali this toil for triomphs of an . 2 —
Tjife's r short summer, man a Sower. , S
— By turns we catch the vital breath,
and die, ? ; . 4 — The cradle and the
tomb, alas ! so nigh. 5 — To be is
better far than not to be, 6 — Though
all man's life may seem a tragedy; .
....... - 7 — But light cares speak when
mighty cares are dumb ; S — The bottom
is but shallow whence they ! 9 — Your
fate is but the common fate of all. .
It! — f Bminpledjovs here to no man
befall. 11— v a 1 11 re to rath allots
his proper sphere, 1 '' - '''tJiiie
makes folly her peculiar-care; J:; - '
I'st'-ni dpes often reason overrule,
lt~- 5 - d thiow h cruel sunshine'bn a
lool. Io — iiive well, how long or
short, permit to . . hoiveu, . ? 16 —
They who forgive most shall be most . 17
— Sin may be clasped so close we cannot
see its face — . i IS — Vile intercourse
where virtue has not : ? ?? place; ?? 1-
? -: _? ,. .. ? 19 — Then keep each
passion down, however ? dear; ? .? ? ' _
- ?? '? --''-''t . ? 20 JThoi;
jx'iidulum betwixt a smile and .tear; '
- ^ ' 21— Her sensual snares let
faithless pleasure ?' ? lay ~ ' . * 22 —
With craft aiiu skill to ruin and
betray; 23 — Soar not too high tn'faH,
but stoop to -ri.-e. ... : , . 24— We
mast ere grow.ot al! that we despise.
25— O, then renounce that impious
self.... v' cslcfin ; . ££— Riclies have
wings,, ^nd grandeur is a .drf-aui. *? '
' 27 — Thiok- not ambition wise because
'tis -. ..brave, ' 83— TJie path of
glory leads but to the , * srave ^ t ^ ^
W— Vfba& is a gloriohV 1 I - ciieat^ ^ ?
» J SOrrOnly destructive to the brave
and great- J 31—^ W hat's all the gaudy
glitter of a crown ? 1 32- — The v»ay to
hhss lies uut on beebs of -? down. ' \.
'' i S3— How loig we live, not years;
but' -actions, tell ; j B4— That man
lives twice who lives the first., life
well.' -35 — Make, then, while vet we
may, your God jonr friend, 36 — Whom
Christians worship, yet not comprehend.
~ ' ' % ... 87 — The trust that's given,
guard, and to : yourself be just ; ' 38
— For live we how we can , yet die we
must. l, Young: -3, Dr. Johnson; 3, Pope
; 4;- ? Prior; S.Sewell; 6, Spenser; 7,
Dauiel ; 6, Sir Walter B&leigh ; 0,
Longfellow ; 10, Southwell ; 11,
Congreve; 12,_Chnrdiill : ! 13,
Boclioster ; 14, Armstrong; 15, Milton;:
16, Baily ; 17, Trench; 18, Somerville;
19, Thomson ; 20, Byron; 21, Smollett;
S2, . Crahbe^ 23, Magsinger; 24, Crowley
; 25, ! Beattie'; 26, Cowper ; 27, Sir
Walter Davelant; 28, Gray; 29, WilliB:
30, Addison'; 81, Drydcn-; 32, Francis
.Quarles; 33, Wat. kins: 34, Hjarriek ;
S5, William Mason ; 36, Hill J 37, Dana;
88, Shakespeare.