A Literary Curiosity. A lady is said to

have spent a whole year in searching for

and fitting the iollowmg lines from some

of the poets. J &e whole reads almost as

if written at one time and by one

author.-LIFE. Why all this toil for

triumphs of an T - f .u rP , ' (Young)

iiifc s but a short summer—man is but a

flower; (Dr. Johnson) «y turns we catch

the fatal breath and die— (Pope) The

cradle and the tomb, alas! so nigh J To

be is better far than not to b^"^ Though

all man's life may R^ragedy; (Spencer)

But light cares speak when mighty griefs

are dumb-(Daniels) ine bottom is but

shallow whence they come. (Sir Walter

Raleigh) lour fate is but the common

fate of TT • », JI . (Longfellow)

Unimngled joys here to no man befall;

•NT 4. . , (Southwell) .Nature to each

allots his proper sphere. _ (Congreve)

Fortune makes folly her peculiar care; „

A „ (Churchill) L-ustom does often

reason overrule, . , (Rochester) And

throw a cruel sunshine on a fool. T.

(Armstrong) Live well—how long or short

permit to heaven, (Milton) They who

forgive most shall be forgiven. (Bailey)

Sin may be clasped so close we cannot

see its face ; (French) Vile intercourse

where virtue has no Place. (Somerville)

Then keep each passion down, however

dear, (Thompson) Thou pendulum betwixt a

smile and tear; (Byron) Her sensual

snares let faithless pleasures lay,

(Smollett) With craft and skill to ruin

and betray. . (Crabbe) Soar not too high

to fall, but stoop to rise; (Massinger)

We masters grow of all that we despise:

(Crowley) Oh, then, renounce that

impious selfesteem. (Beattie) Riches

hare wings, and grandeur is a dream.

(Cowper) Think not ambition wise because

'tis brave— (Davenant) The 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 P (Dryden) The

way to bliss lies not on beds of down.

(F. Quarles) How long we live, not years

but actions tell. (Watkins) That man

lives twice who lives the first life

well. (Herrick) Make, then, while yet ye

may, your God your frien3. (Mason) Whom

Christians worship, yet not 1

comprehend. (Hill) The trust that's

given guard, and to yourself be just

(Dana) For live liowe'er we may, yet die

we must. (Shakespeare