M~as. H. A.

Deming, of San Francisco, is said to

have occupied a year in searching for,

and fitting together, the following

thirty-eight lines from thirty-eight

English and American poets:LIFE. Why

all this toil for triumphs of an hour P~

Life's a short summer-man a flower;

-Johnston. By turns, wo catch the vital

breath, and die-Pope. The cradle and

the tomb, alas I so high. -Prior. To be

is better far than not to be, -Sewell.

Though all man's life may seem a

tragedy; -Sponser, But light cares speak

when mighty griefs are dumb- -Daniels,

The bottom is but shallow whence they

come. -Raleigh. Your fate is but the

common fate of all; -Longfellow.

Unmingled joys here to no man befall.

-Bouthwell,. Nature to each allots his

proper sphere. -Congrove. Fortune makes

folly her peculiar care. -Ohurchill

Custom does not often reason over rule.

-Rochester. And throw 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. Baily. Sin may be clasped so

close we cannot see its face-- --Trench.

Vile intercourse, where virtue has no

place. --Snmerville. Then keep each

passion down, however dear, -Thomson.,

Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear;

-Byron. HIer sensual snares let

faithless Pleasure lay, -Sblellett. With

craft and skill, to ruin and betray.

-Crabbe. Soar not too high to fall, but

stoop to rise; -C-ouley. We masters grow

of all that we despise. -Massinger. O

then renounce that impious self.esteem;

-Beattie. Riches have wings, and

grandeur is a dream. -Cooper. Think not

ambition wise because 'tis brave;

-Davenant. The paths of glory lead but

to the grave. -Gray. What is ambition P

'Tis a glorious cheat, --Willis. Only

destructive to the brave and great.

-Addison. What's all the gaudy glitter

of a crown P -Dryden. The way to bliss

lies not on beds of down. -Quarles. How

long we live not years but actions tell;

--Watkins. That man lives twice who

lives the first life well. -Herrick.

Make then, while yet yo may; your God

your friend, --V. Mason, Whom Christians

worship, yet do not comprehend.

-Hill.The The truth that's given, guard,

and to yourself be just; -Dana. For live

we how we may, yet die we must.