LIFE. . 'Why air this toil for

triumphs of an hour? ? ' {Young) Lifers

a short Buoamer — man ia bufc a flower,

(Dr, Johnson ) By tarns we oatoh the

fatal breath and die, (Pope) The oradle

and the tomb, alas ! how nigh. (Prior)

To be is better far than not to be. — (

Sewell ) Thongh all man's life may seem

a tragedy, ( Spencer ) Bat light cares

specie when- mighty griefs are dumb,

(Daniel) The- bottom is but a shallow

whence they come, (Sir Walter Raleigh )

Thy fate is tbe common fate of all

(Longfellow) Unmingleti joys here no man

befall, (Southwell) Nature to each

allots his proper sphere, (Oongreve)

Fortune makes folly her peouliat care,

(Churchill) Custom does not reason over-

rule ( Rochester ) And throw a cruel

sunshine on a fool. ( Armstrong ) Live

well, how long or short permit to

Heaven, (Milton) They who forgive most

shall bo most forgiven. ( Bailey ) Sin

may be olasp'd so close wo cannot see

its faoe, (j French) Vile intercourse

where virtuo has no place, (S omerville)

Thon keep each pasaion down however dear

(Thompson) Thou perridulum betwixt a

suiile and a tear, (Byron) Her sensual

snares lot faithless pleasure lay (8

mollet) With oraft and skill to ruin and

betray. (Oraibe) Soar not too high to

fall, but stoop to rise, (Messenger) We

masters grow of all that we despise, (

Orwoley ) Oh, then renounce that impions

self-esteem, (Beattie) Riches have

wings, and grandeur is a dream,

(Oowjfer) Think not ambition wise

because 'tis brave, (Sir Wm. Davenant)

Tbe paths of glory lead but to the

grave. (Gray) What is ambition, 'tis a

glorious cheat. (Willis) Only

destructive to the brave and great,

(Addison) What's all the gaudy glitter

of a crown, (Dryden) Tbe way to bliss

lies not on beds of down;* (Francis