LITERARY CURIOSITY. A lady occupied a

whole year in searching ?'or, and

fitting the following thirty-eight JineB

from English and American poets. Che

who'e reads as if written at one time

and by one author — LIFE. Why All this

toil for triumphs of an hoar! — Young.

Life's a short summer ; man is but a

flower. — Dr. Johnson. 3y turns we catch

the fatal breath and die. —Pope. The

cradle and the tomb, alaa I so nigh. —

Prior. To be is better than not to be. —

SeuieU. Though all man's life may seem a

tragedy. — Spencer. But light cares

speak when mighty griefs are dumb. —

Daniel. The bottom is but shallow whence

they come. —Sir Walter ScoU. Your fate

but the common fate of all. —

Longjellow. Unmingled joys here do no

man befall. — Southwell. SJature to each

allots its proper sphere. — Oongreve.

Fortune makes follies her peculiar care.

—Churchill. 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. ?vM_j}ey who forgive

most shall be most for, given. — Bailey.

Sin may be clasped so olose we oannot

see its face. — French. Vile intercourse

wh«re virtue has no place. —Somerville.

Then keep inch p&uion down, however

dear. — Thompson. Thou ponduluni betwixt

a smile and a tear. — Byron. Her sensual

snares let faithless pleasures lay.

—Smolltt. With craft and skill to ruin

and betray. — Grabbe. Soar not too high

to fall, but stoop to rise. —

tfassinger. We masters grow of all that

we despise. — Croioley. Oh, then,

renounce that impious self-esteem. —

Beaitil. — ? Riches have wlnpn, And

grandeur is a dream. — Oowper. Think not

ambition wUe tawraBe'tte-JrewtiL — ,-?tV

Walter DavcnajM The paths of glory lead

but to the gra^^H What is ambition T

'Tib a gloriouB chl^H ? -Only

destruction to the brave and gre^^^J ' —

?4(^^^| } What's all the gaudy glitter

of a orow^^^H '^* The way to bliss lies

not on beds of doa^H — Franclt.^^^^M How

long we live, not years, but !-MQH tell.

— WaeJwifl' That man ltve« twlos who

Urerthe first life well. ? '???

—Htrriek. I Make then, while yet ye.

may, yju^H your friend. . . ^^^^^H Whom

Christians worship, J^MaaaaaaaBaaal

bend. ^^^^^^^M The triBt that given

gtM.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaai be just.

^^^^^^^H For, live how we