of the

I winter side, you see."

A. Literary Cariosity.

A lady occupied a whole year in search­

ing for and fitting the fofiowing thirty­

eight lines from English and American

poems. The whole reads almost as if it

hod been written at one time and by one

author :

XJFE.

Why all this toil for the triumphs of an hour?

Young.

Life's short Brimmer man is bat a flower ;

, ' Dr. Johnson.

By tarns we catch the fatal breath and die

Pope.

The cradle and the tomb, alas ! so nigh.

Prior.

To be is better far than not to be.

SetPeR.

Though all man's life may seem a tragedy ;

Spencer.

But light cares speak when mighty grief is

dumb . I)anieL

The bottom is but shallow whence they come.

Sir Walter Jtalph.

Your fate is but the common fate of all ;

. Longfellow.

Unmingled joys here no man befall.

SouthtceU.

Nature to each allots his proper sphere.

Congreve.

Fortune makes folly her peculiar care : -

ChurchuL .

Custom does often reason overrule.

Rochester.

And throw a cruel sunshine on a fool.

Armstrong.

Live well how long or short permit to heaven

Milton.

Those who forgive most shall be most forgiven.

Bailey.

Sin may be clasped so close we cannot see its

face French.

Vile intercourse where virtue has not place.

SomerviUe.

Then keep each passion however dear,

Thompson.

Tb.ou pendulum betwixt' a smile and tear ;

. Byron.

Her sensual snares let faithless pleasure lay,

SmoUet,

With craft and skill tq

ruin and betrav.

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 self-esteem ;

. Jieattie.

Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream.

Cowper.

Think not ambition wise because 'tis brave.

Sir Wm. Davenaut.

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

Gray. .

What is ambition ? 'Tis but a glorious cheat.

Willis.

Only destructive to the brave and great.

Addison.

What's all the gaudy glitter of a crown ?

Dryden.

The way to bliss lies not on beds of down

Francis Quaries.

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 you

friend. Wm. Mason.

Whom Christians worship, yet not comprehend.

HiU.

The trust that's given guard, and to yourself

be just ; Dana. .

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

Shakespeare.

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