LITERARY .CURIOSITY. ','? A lady

occuptad a whole year in aearohinR 'or,

'and fitting the following thirty-eight

.lne» from' English and American poets.

tho whole reads as If written at one

time jnd by one author — ... ,i i

-??-.?. ,.-.i,i -.,m: . MFE. -?:. : 'i

???? ??' . Why itll tbli toll for

triumphs of an hour! , ? I-;.- 'i ,n ???

; - -' : —Young. I.Ue'i a abort summer i

man is but a flower, ''',' ','?''.' —Dr,

Johivion, Ny tarns wecatoh tho fatal

breath and illo. Jlj ':Ii::il'-' . I « :

' . I ? I ? .' ? Pop*. The) oradle and

the tomb, alas I so nigh. ? . | , , . i

. . ? i i , i —Prior, To be Is better

than not to be. . Viii.ii ii ?-;???: . ?

- ?? _5(|MH, 'Chough all man's life may

seem n tragedy. .., ., .,' ui li- i. ?:

—Sptneer. .But light cares speak whan

mighty grlafa are dumb. ' .'.,.' '

—Daniel. The bottom ia but shallow

whehon they coma, ,i,j,- Mil ,-r; I'.i

??? ?- — Sir 'Walter ticott. Your, fate

but tha oommon (ate ot nil. ? '.,','. .

:, ? .,.,, —lona/tilow. Unml riffled

joys here do no man befall. i,,'i,

?.?*?; --.-? ' ??-?? ?? ? ? —SimlAieeK.

N»ture to each allots Its proper

spliore. ? ,,!,[ .,.n' - .-?-( i i : i

—Oongnve, Fortuno makes follies hor

pooullar care, ''''' ? ' — Churchill,

Oaitom doei often reason overrule','1 ?'

;: /him;* yoiif-li ,\y'ii:. ?

—Rochester, And throw a oruel sumhlne on

a tool.1 j : 'iio-t -11'Vl ' :1»' ??'

—Armstrong. Lira well— how, long, or

short permit to, heaven, ' ',*.;. ','.,,

, ;, -Hilton., They 'who forgive' moat

shall bq.moat forgiven, —tlailtyrBin Bin

may. be olaaped so oloso wa cannot ico

Its faco..) . „; /-.iiiii ?-? ? .? —

JVowfc. Vile Intercourse where virtue

has no place. , ,..;.( niii. ,!..-.?.

—Somerville, Then keep moll paaslon

down, howevor dear. „! 'j^mtfiiti

K'n-ii-.'il — Thomjuon. Thou pendulum bo

twlxt a amllo and a t-mr, i ???;;? ,.:J

? , —Byron. Her sensual anares let

faithless ploaauros lay. ?/()

li'jiiil.qii.'-^-Jl: .V'm'.i. --

—Smattet. Witbioraft and skill to ruin

and betray; ,, ,,. , i, t »,...- i, ??

—OriMe. Boar not too high to fall,' but

stoop to rlao. !.:) ai.it ?..-... -?--'

—Mattlnger. Wo masters grow 'of all that

we deaplso. ?'?'? -,ili li'iiHfi1:' i

rr. ,vii:- ?[:. —Oroicley. Oh,, then,

renounce that Iniploui lelf-eatooin.

Ulohes have wings, and gran'doiirls a

dream. ?ytr.'l', ?lllll'.i: ??:' -?'

''-' '?' —Oowper. Think npt ambition

wise booanao 'tis brave. i, .,, -— Sir

Walter Davtixant. . The patha ot glory

lead but to the grave. What Is ambition

T i:lTls (.'glorious eheat.' ' ,,j

n-..,l(.l -jvivi f\:-::- «i: . —n'Ulie.

Only doatruotlori to the brave' and

groit. i ,i-r «*?'-?'- ?-?-»' '? ''?

'??? ? —?Adtli»on. What's,*!! the gaudy

glitter, of a crown J , The way'to bliss

lies not on -bans of down. ' Ixn )

-.i''ii-il , ? ?'''—? Franeit Qttarlu,

How long iwo lira, i not years, ,

b^^otlons That