is Life. A lady of San Francisco is

said to have occupied several months in

hunting up and fitting together the

following thirty-eight lines from

English poets. The names of tho authors

are given with each line. Why all this

toll lor triumph of an hour ?- Young

Life's a short summer, man a flower ;-

Dr. Johnson By turn we catoh the vital

breach and die -.-Pope The table and the

tomb, alas! so nigh.-Prior .To be Is

fairer than not to bo,-Sewell Though a'l

man's life may seem a tragedy.-'¡pemer

But light cores speak when mighty griefs

are dumb -.-Daniel The bottom is

butehollow Whence they come.-It ¡leigh

Your fate Is but the common fate of

all.-Longfellow Unmingled joys here to

no man befall.-Southwell Mature to euch

allots his proper sphere.-Congrevs

Fortune mokes folly her peculiar care

-Churchill Custom does not Reason

overrule,-troehtster And throws a cruel

sunshine on a fool-Armstrong Live weil ;

how long or short, permit to Heaven

5-Hilton Those who forgave most shall be

forgiven.-Batten Stn may be clasped so

oloae we cannot see Its face ;-trench

Vile intercourse where virtue has not

place -Somerville Then keep each pajelon

down, however dear.-Ihomson Thou

pcndulnm betwixt a smile and tear

.-Byron Hyr eenBual snares let Pleasure

lay,-Smollett with craft and'skill, to

ruin and betray.-Crabbe Soar not too

high to fail, but stoop to rise

;-Massinger > We masters grow ol all

that we despise.-Cowle» Oh, then,

renounce that impious self-esteem

;-Beattie Riches have wings and grandeur

is a dream.-Cooper Think not ambition

wise because 'tis brave -.-Davenant The

paths of glory lead but to the grave

-Qrav What Is ambition ? 'Tis a glorious

cheat,- Willis Only destruction to the

brave and great-Addison What's all the

gaudy glitter ot a crown ?-Dryden The

way to bliss lies not on beds of down-

Quartes How long we live, not years, but

actions tell ;- WntlHn» The man lives

twloe who lives the first life

well.-Bcrricl: Make, then, while yet ye

may, your God your friend,-Mason Whom

Christians worship, yet not

comprehend,-Hill The trust that's giren,

guard ; and to yourself be just ; For

live how we can, die we

must.-Shakspeare