lines are from 33 English poets. Oar.

Pastime Page readers are invited to give

the names of the authors : LIFE. 1. Why

all this toil for triumphs of an hour P

2. Life's a short summer-man a flower; *

3. By tarns we oatch the vital breath,

and die 4. The eradle and the tomb, alas

! so nigh. 5. To be is better far than

not to be, 6. Thoneh all man's life may

seem a tragedy; 7. Bat light cares speak

when mighty griefs are dumb, 8. The

bottom is but shallow whenoe they come.

9. Your fate is but the common fate of

all; 10. TJnmingled joys, here, to no

man befall. 11. Nature to each allots

his proper sphere, 12. Fortune makes

folly her poouliar care. 13. Custom does

not often reason overrule, : 14. And

throw a cruel sunshine on a fool. 15.

Live well, how long or short permit to

Heaven ; 16. They who forgive most shall

be most forgiven. _ 17. Sin may be

clapped so close we cannot see its face

18. Vile intercourse where virtue has

not place; 19. Then keep each passion

down, however dear, 20. Thou, pendulum,

betwixt a smile and tear ; 21. Her

sensual snares let faithless pleasure

lay, 22. With craft and shill, to ruin

and betray. 23. Soar not too high to

fall, but stoop to rise, 24. We masters

grow of all that we despise. 25. O,

then, renounotjthat impious self-esteem

; 26. Biohes have winga, and grandeur is

a dream. 27. Think not ambition wiso

because it's brave ; 28. The paths of

glory lead but to the gravo. ; 29. What

is ambition ? 'tis a glorious cheat, .

SO. Only destructive to the brave and

great. 31. What's all tho gaudy glitter

cf a crown ? 32. The way to bliss lies

not on beds of down. 33. How long we

live, not years but aotions tell; 34.

That man lives twioo who lives tho first

life well. 85. Make them while yet ye

may your God your friend, 86. Whom

Christians worship, yet not comprehend.

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

yourself be just ; 88. For, live wo how

we may, yet die we must.