LiTERARY CURIOSITY. la: y occupied a

whole year in searcbing for, 4'fitting

the following thirty-eight lines

froI?igfish and American poets. Th'r

who(r ii i~ds if written at one time and

by ae . LIFE. Whja?' l this toil for

triumphs of an hour?. Scatelithe fatal

breath and die. -_Pope. Th?'? dl and the

tomb, alas I so nigh. ... ..... "-Prior

To isbetiter than not to be. ThoigbI

moo's life may sem a tageyer. .c

"'.-Spencer. Bat speas when mighty grefs

are " '. . .' '1 .-Daniel. TheL tomnris

but shallow whence they come. W .. .' .i

Walter Scott. Yatdtbut the common fate

of all. -Longfellow. U ='' l'ys here do

no man befall. Z atkui r .teb allots its

proper sphere. -Co-ngreve. jiu iii kea

follies her peculiar care. •' ? "

-Churchill. Cnam does often reason

overrule. S-Rochester. AadCtheiw-a cruel

sunshine on a fool. -Armstrong. Live

well-how long or short permit to heaven.

-Milton. They who forgive most shall be

most forgiven. -Bailey.Sin Sin may be

clasped so close we cannot see its ace..

- -French. Vile it erourse where virtue

has no place. S-Somerville. Tbeikeep

such? passion down, however 'dear.

-Thompson. Theapendalum betwixt a smile

and . a tear. s,. ..-Byron: He s sensual

snares let faithless plessireslav.

-.Smollet. With craft and slill torain

and betray. ; . ? -Crabbe. wearhot to

bigh to fall, but stoop to rise.

-Massinger. We masters grow of all

that'we despise. o.?i cetace

thmt'impious self-esteem;r -Beattie.

Bicbwi have wings, and grandeur is a

dream. . .-Cowper. Glt at ambition wise

becase:'ti? brave. " . " -Sir Waltr

iavenant. Thepats of glory lead but t

the grave. ;.. _- -Gray. W?tia ambition

. 'Tisa glorious cheat. Onl; dstction to

the brave and great. -Addison. the gaudy

glitter of a crown t - lryden. heway to

bliss lies net o beds of " down?

-Francis Quarles Unw sas g we lie, nt

years, -t a tions tel. Thatla lives twie

whlioBes the fiast life ylrel: -Kerrick.

I Ja then, whil yet ye may, your God

your