A Literary Cariosity. ! The foltowiug
very remarkable little poem is from the
pen of H. A. Deining. Tbe reader will
see that each Hoe is a quotation from
one of the standard authors of England
and America. This is the result of years
of laborious search among the voluminous
writings of thirty-eight leading poets
of the past and present. The number of
each line refers to tlie author below ;
— 1. 'Why all this toil for triumphs of
an hour ? 2. Life's a short summer,
man's a flower. 3. By turns we catch the
vital breath and die ; ? 4. The cradle
and the tomb, alas ! ho nigh. 6. To be
is better far than not to be, 6. Though
all men's lives may seem a tragedy; 7.
But light cares speak when mighty griefs
are dumb, 8. The bottom is but shallow
whence they come. . 9. Your fiite is but
the common fate of all ; 10. Unmingled
joys here no man can befall. 11. Nature
to each allots its proper sphere ; - 12.
Fortune makes folly ita peculiar care.
13. Custom does n«t often reason
overrule, 14. And throw a cruel sunshine
on a fool. 16. Live well, how long or
ehort permit to - Heaven : 16. They who
forgive most will be most forgiven. 17.
Sin may be clasped so close we cannot
Bee its face,* 18. Tile intercourse,
where virtue has no place. 19. Then keep
eaoh passiou down, however 30. Thou
pendulum hetwixt a smile and. tear. 21.
Her sensual snares let sensual pleasure
lay, 22. With craft and skill to ruin
and betray, 23. Soar not to high to
fall, but stoop to rise, 24. We masters
grow of what we despise. 25. Ob, then
renounce that impkus selfesteem ;2G. 2G.
Riches have wings, and grandeur is a
dream. 27. Think not ambition wise
because 'tis brave ; 28. The pathR of
glory Jeaa but to the grave. 29. What is
ambition? 'Tis a glorious cheat— 30.
Only destruction to the brave and great.
3l* SLhat'B aU tho 8tt«dy glitter of a
crown? 32. The way of bliss lies not on
beds of down; 33. How long we live not
years but actions 34. That man lives
twice who lives the first life well. 35.
Make then, while yet ye may, your God
your friend, 30. Whom Christian worship,
yet not comprehend. 37. The trust
that's given guard, and to yourself be
just, 38. For live we how we can, die we
must. 1, Young; 2, Dr. Johnson; 3, Pope
; 4, Prior ; 5, Sewell ; 6, Spencer ; 7,
Daniel; 8, Sir Walter Scott; 9,
Longfellow ; 10, Southwell ; 11,
Congrcve ; 12, Churchill ; 13, Kochester
; 14, Armstrong; 16, Milton; 16, Bailey;
17, Trench; 18, Somerville; 19, Thomson;
20, Byron; 21, Smollett22, Crabbe ; 28,
Massinger ; 24, Cowley; 25, lieattie;
26, Cowper; 27, Sir Walter Davenant ;
28, Gray ; 29, Willis ; 80, Addinon ;
81, Dryden j 82, Francis CUarles; S3,
Watkins, 34, Herrick ; 85, William Mason
; 36, Pitt ; 87, Dana ; 38, Shakespeare.