and fitting

together the following 88 lines from 38

English poets. They make a complete

poem. The names of the authors are given

below : — f'; I 1. Why all this toil for

triumphs of an 'j hour? ' .; .i?^ ~, -

2. Life's a short summer — man a flower:

- -^ - 3. By turns we catch the vital

breath and i^T'-C -' die — j ;*'?*'}-, ^

4. The cradle and the tomb, alas! eo '

-V' '-, r nigh. * ' ;-J'-' 6. 'To be is

better far than not to be, ''*'*- 6.

Though all man's life may seem a * 'V^-

'7.' But light cares speak when mighty'

''C-' c griefs are dumb, vT^- - * ' 8.

The bottom is but shallow whence ; rt3^

- * -' they come. A' j- 9» Your fate is

but the common fate of ~lj~*-~ all. . I

'?*{?-*''-'» 10. Unmingled joys here, to

no man befall; j -*' ^ 11. Nature to

each allots his proper I - sphere. ?-A-»

- 12. Fortune makes folly her peculiar

care. X3. Custom does not often .reason

overrule,, - 14. And throw a cruel

sunshine on a fool. ~ 15. Live well, how

long or 6hort permit ' ~- ; to Heaven, I

?' ~ 16. They who forgive most shall be

most ' ^ ' forgiven. ,'~\ ' * 17. Sin

may be clasped so close we cannot *-' ,

' see its face — . ' ,'i 18. Vile

intercourse where virtue has no . -

piace. 19. Then keep each passion down,

howeverdear, - ' i 20. Thou pendulum

betwixt a smilev and tear. _ * j 21. Her

sensuous snares let faithless plea- '

sure lav T - - ' I 22. With craft and

skill to ruin and' be- ' tray. - . I 23.

'Soar not too high to fall, but stoop to

! rise, 24. We masters grow of all that

.we de- ' 6pise. . ., , | 25. 0, then,

renounce that in pious self- i esteem ;

: r ' 26. Riches have wings, and

grandeur is a dream; '' - 27. Think not

ambition wise because 'tis brave; ' - ?

' ' 28. The paths of glory lead but to

the - ' grave. r ' » 29. What is

ambition? 'Tis a glorious -? cheat; - ?

I '* 80. Only destructive to' the ?

-brave and great. ' ;' \ ? 31. What's

all the gaudy glitter of a crown ? 82.

The way to bliss lies not on beds of v

down. 33. How long we live, not years,

but actions tell, 34. That man lives

twice who lives the first life well. 85.

Make then, while yet ye may1, your God

your friend, ? '* 86. Whom Christians

worship, yet not ?' comprehend. | '.'/

87. The trust that's given guard, and to

' '~ yourself be just, '-- ; 88. For,

live we how we may, yet die we must. . ,

1, Young; 2; Dr. Johnson; 3, Pope; 4,

''': J Prior; 5, Scwell ; G, Spenser; 7,

Daniel; * * 8, Sir Walter Raleigh; 9,

Longfellow; 10, ? 1 Southwell; 11,

Congreve; 12, Churchill; 13, Rochester;

14, Armstrong; 15, Milton; 16, Bailey;

17, French; .18, Somerville; 19,

Thompson; 20, Byron; 21, Srnol-^ let;

22, Crabbe; 23, Massinger; 24, Cowley ;

25, Beattie ; 26, Cowper ; 27'^Sir

Walter Davenant; 28, Gray; 29, Vullis;

30, Addison; 31, Dryden; 32, Francis

Quaries; 83. Watkins; 34, Herrick; 35,

William Mason; 36, Hill; 37, Dane; 38,

Shakespeare.