A LITERAlRY CURIOSITY. Tux following

very remarkable little poem is

contributed to the. San Francisco Times

from the pen of H. A. Deming.: The

reader will:sce' that each line is a

quotation from some one of the

standard.rauthors ofEngland,and

America.This is the result, of [yers of

laborious, seairc smong th

volumidoustwriting oft tliin eight

leading poets of the past and present.

The number of each line refers to the

author below. i. Wly llthis toil for

trtnmphs of an hourn 2 :Life's

shaitoaumme, nain'n s dfow r.l 3I .;By

turdns we cateh the vitel t beath-nd

die; r 4. The.cradlp andfthe tomb, alas

I so,nigh, r. 5.. To.be is bettefar itti

not to be, -S6 Thotigh all ' meti's"

lives may seem a tragedy ; .... T7 But

light cares speak when mighty griefs

arodumh, , 83 8The bottoida s llat

shallow fwhlnce ;they come ac mns I ; 9o

pYou'r fate isbt.,thlac common fateof

all; 10. Unmingled joys here no man can

befall. 11. Nature to each allots its

proper sphere ; 12.% Fortune

make.?sfolJyitsi eculi'ec ircae. 13.

Custom does not often reason overrule,

14. And throw a cruel sunshine on a

-fool. i 15. io wi*ll ; h'w long o?

shojt; Iitniit to 16. They who forgive

most shall bo most forgiven, u ",."'? '

. "': ?..." .?' t7 Sin iay b clasped so

close we cannot see iftofade;.

................. F.. JIS. Vile

intercourse, where virtue has no place.

j19. Then khep eoch pa·usnoondownsn

however -0. Thoulpendulum betwixt a

smile and tear. 21. Her sensual snares

let sensual pleasure 22. With craft and

skill to ruin andtbetray. 123. Soar not

too high to fall, but stoop to j24. We

masters growof that we despise. 2?5. Oh,

then, renounce that impious selfe4teem

I120. 120. Riches have wings, and

grandeur is a dream. 27. Think not

ambition wise because 'tis brave;

....,.- .......- ... . ... . . ..... ..

28. The pathsof glory lead but to the

grave. 29. What'is ambition I 'Tis a

glorious chcabt-X30. Onljy destruction

to the bravo and great." a 31.

What'soall th~ '-gaudy glitter of a

erowi:? "321 The way of bliss lies not

on beds of'down. 33.Howlong we live

':not years but actions 34. -That man

lives tieoc who lives the first

lifewell. : 31. Make then, while yet ye

may, your God your friend, " :. .:36.

Whom Christiais worship, .yet not

comprehend. .. , . 37..The trust that'

'given guard,j andto yourself be just, i

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

1,' Young 2; "Dr." Jolonson s-Popo ;4"

Prior; 5, Sewell.;:6,-

:Spenser.;=r7,-"aniel; 8, Sir Walter

Scott; 9, Longfellow ; 10, Southwell;

11, Congreve; 12, COurclhill 13, ?

cester ; 14, Armstrong; 15, Milton; 16,

Bailey; 17, Trench ; 18, Somerville; 19,

Thomson ; 20, Beron; 21, Smollett; 22,

Crabbe; 23, Massinger; 24, Cowley; 25,

Beattie; 26, Cowper; 27,, Sir Walter

Davenant; 28, Gray; 29, Willis ; 30,

Addison; 31. Dryden; 32,'Francis

Charles; 31, Watkins; 34, Herrick; 35,

William Mason; 36, Pitt; 37, Dana; 38,

Shakespeare.