a iady was occupied t or a year

lb selecting and arranging: the following lines

from American and English poets. The whole

reads almost as if it bad been written at one

time and by one author ; - 1

j!; ; j f Life.;

Yfhj all this toil for triumphs of an hoax ?,

Life's a short

summer--man is but a flower ;

Dr. Johnson.

By turns we catch the fatal breath and die

Jt A sar ' .5 Pope.-.

Xhelcradle and theamtvls I so nigh, -

- .J: : - ' t U - PllOr.

To" be is better far than not to be , , SewelL: I

Though all man's life may seem a tragedy ;

' ; ' , Spencer.

But light cares speak when' mighty griefs are

f botfoift iatlmthBilerhence they come.

i ; i Sir Walter l aleigh.

Your fate is but the common fate of all ;

! j. . s . Longfellow.

Unmingled joys here no man.befall.

!U. 1 ; ' ; Southwell.

Mature to each allots his proper sphere.

' ! 'r': Congreve.

Fortune makes folly her peculiar care ;

. Churchill.

Custom does often reason overrule.

: ; I , Rochester.

And throws a cruel sunshine on a fool.

! Armstrong.

Live well how long or short permit to Hea-

ven. Milton.

They ho forgive most, shall be most forgiven,

1 Bailey.

Sin may be clasped eo close we cannot see its

face ; French.

Vile intercourse where virtue has not place,

' Somerville.

Then keep each passion down, however dear,

Thompson.

Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear ;

j i Byron.

Her sensual snares let faithless pleasures lay,

. Smollet.

With craft and skill to ruin and betray.

Crabbe.

Soar not too high to fall, but stoop to rise ;

Massinger.

We masters grew of all that we dispise.

Crowley.

Oh ! then renounce that impious self-esteem ;

Beattie.

Biches 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 tbe grave.

It .' Gray.

What is ambition ? 'Tis a glorious cheat,

: ' r I i Willis.

Only destructive to the brave and great.

!j Addison.

What's all the gaudy glitter of a crown ?

Dryden.

The way to bliss lies' not on beds of down.

Francis Quarles.

How long we live, not years but actions tell ;

Watkins.

The man lives twice who lives the first life

welL Herrick.

Make then, while yet we may, your God your

friend. William Mason.

Whom Christians worship, yet not compre­

hend. ! Hiil.

The trust that's given, guard, and to yourself

be just ; Dana.

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

Shakespeare.

Branded.

"It won't last long 1 Can you bear it,

baby and wit