One thing is certain Mr Blair can not

easily be discouraged Philadelphia Rec-

ord

A LITERARY CURIOSITY

A lndy occupied a whole year in searching or

and fitting tbe following lines from English

aud American poets The whole reads almost

as if written at one timo and by one author

Life

Why all this toll for triumphs of an hour Young

Life s a short sammcr—man Is but a flow er

Dr Johnson

By turns we catch the fatal breath and die— Pope

The erodle and tbe tomb alas so nighl Prior

To be iB better far than not to be tbewcil

Though all man s life may seem a tragedy tSpencer

Bat light cares speak whea mighty grlofs are

dumb— Daniel

Tho bottom Is but Bhallow whenco they ooute

LSir Walter Raleigh

Your fate ts bat the common fate of all

tionjtellow

Unmlogled joy hereto no man belall Southwell

Nature to each allots his proper sphere Congrevo

Fortune makos folly her peculiar care Churchill

Custom does often reason over rale Rochester

And tbrow a cruel sunshine on a fool Armstrong

Live well—how long or short permit to heaven Milton

They who orglve most shall be most forgiven Bailey

Sin may be claspod so close we oan not seo its

face French

Vile Intercourse whore virtue has no place

SomerviUck

Then keep each passion down howover dear

Thompson

Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and toar Byron

Her sensual snares let faith lees pleasures lay

Smollett

With craft and skill to ruin and betray Crabbe

Soar not too high to all but stoop to rise

Masslnger

We masters grow of all tbat we despise Crowley

Oh then renounce that Impious solf esteem Beattlo

Riches have wings and grandeur is a dream Cowper

Think not ambition wise because tis brave—

Sir Walter Davenant

The paths of glory lead but to the grave Gray

What I ambition Tie a glorious cheat Willis

Only destructive to the brave and great Addison

Whatis all the gaudy glitter of a crown Dryden

Tbe wsy to bliss lies not on beds of down

F Quarles

cuoni

How long wo 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 Ood your

friend Mason

Whom Christians worship yet not eompre

hend fHllL

The trust that s given guard and to yourself ba

Just IDana

For live bowe er we may yet die we must

Good Hooseki Shakos pear