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The following remarkable compilation is a con­

UlbuUon to thean Fnmetse flma f?wthepen

of Mrs. IL A. Demlng. The reader will notice

that each Jyj pjudiyfitlon from some of the

standard authors of England and America. This

Ts"tfie"fesfflt'l)Ta"lrearTsTarr6us'"se

the leading poets of the past and present time :

Why all this-toll for triumphs of an hour?

; i J . . '. Toong

Life's a short summer, man a flower.

Dr. JoTmtont

By turns we catch the vital brea'h and die.

Pope.

The cradle and the tomb, alas, so nigh.

Prior.

To be Is better far than not to be.

Sewell.

Though all man's life maj seem a tragedy.

Spencer.

But light cares speak when mgltty griefs are dumb.

The bottom Is but shallow when they ome.

Raleigh.

Your fate is but the common fate of all.

Longfellow.

Unmingled Joys here to no man bef alL

Southwells

Nature to each allots his proper sphere.

Congreve.

Fortune makes folly her peculiar care.

, , ; . Churchill.

Custom does after rea- on overule. '

Rochester.

And throw a cruel sunshine on a fool.

Armstrong.

Lite well; howjertg or short permit to heaven.

iMKetuiiLia ..h-j w& Milton.

They who forgive most shall be most .forgiven.

Bailey.

Sin may clasp so close, we ca:.not see lis face.

T. . -f rench.

VUe Intercourse where vi rtue has no place.

Sornennlle.

Then keep each passion down, howetei dear.

ThcmpaDH,

Though pendulum betwixt a smile and a tear.

Byron.

Her sensual sna es let faithless pleasure lay.

SmoUeU.

With craft and skill to ruin and betray.

. Crabbe.

Soar not too high to fa)l, but stoop to rise.

Massinger. '

"We masters grow of aH that we despise.

Cowky.

Then, I renounce that impious se1 '-esteem.

Beattie.

Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream.

Vowper.

Think not ambition wise because 'ti3 brave.

Davenant.

The paths of glory lead but ta the grave.

Gray.

What is ambition? 'tis a glorious cheat.

wans.

Only destruc.ive to the brave and great.

Addison.

What's all the gaudy gutter of a crown?

. Dryden.

Tha way to bliss lies not on beds of down.

Qtmrles.

How long we live, not years bul actions tell.

Watkins.

That man lives twice who lives the first life well.

Herrick.

Make I hen, while yet we may, God your friend.

Mason.

Whom Christian worship, yet not comprehend.

EUt.

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

Just Dana.

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

ShaJeq)eare.

ohhkuva norss.

' My wedding trip," said the groom, as he stum­

bred over the btlde's train.

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