A lady occupied a whole year in searching for and fitting the following lines from English and American poets. The whole reads almost as if written at one time and by one author:
"Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour? -- Young
"Life's a short summer -- man is but a flower; " -- Dr. Johnson
"By turns we catch the fatal breath and die" --Pope
"The cradle and the tomb, alas! so nigh! -- Prior
"To be is better far than not to be," -- Sewell
"Tho all man's life may seem a tragedy;" --Spencer
"But light cards speak when mighty griefs are dumb" --Daniel
"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; --Southwell
"Nature to each allots his proper sphere." -- Congreve
"Fortune makes folly 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
"They who forgive most shall be most forgiven." -- Bailey
"Sin may be clasped so close we can not see its face;" -- French
"Vile intercourse where virtue has no place." -- Somerville
"Then keep each passion down, however dear," -- Thompson
"Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear:" -- Byron
"Her sensual snares let faithless pleasures lay," -- Smollett
"With craft and skill to ruin and betray" -- Crabbe
"Soar not too high to fall, but stoop to rise;" -- Massinger
"We maters grow of all that we despise." --Crowley
"Oh, then, renounce that impious self-esteem." -- Beattie
"Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream." -- Cowper
"Think not ambition wise because 'tis brave" -- Davenant
"The paths of glory lead but to the grave." -- Gray
"What is ambition? 'Tis a glorious cheat." -- Willis
"Only destructive to the brave and great." -- Addison
"What's all the gaudy glitter of a crown?" -- Dryden
"The was 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 ye may, your God your friend." -- Mason
"Whom Christians worship, yet not comprehend." -- Hill
"The trust that's given guard, and to yourself be just." -- Dana
"For live howe'er we may, yet die we must." -- Shakespeare
(First published in Good Housekeeping)
"Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour? -- Young
"Life's a short summer -- man is but a flower; " -- Dr. Johnson
"By turns we catch the fatal breath and die" --Pope
"The cradle and the tomb, alas! so nigh! -- Prior
"To be is better far than not to be," -- Sewell
"Tho all man's life may seem a tragedy;" --Spencer
"But light cards speak when mighty griefs are dumb" --Daniel
"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; --Southwell
"Nature to each allots his proper sphere." -- Congreve
"Fortune makes folly 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
"They who forgive most shall be most forgiven." -- Bailey
"Sin may be clasped so close we can not see its face;" -- French
"Vile intercourse where virtue has no place." -- Somerville
"Then keep each passion down, however dear," -- Thompson
"Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear:" -- Byron
"Her sensual snares let faithless pleasures lay," -- Smollett
"With craft and skill to ruin and betray" -- Crabbe
"Soar not too high to fall, but stoop to rise;" -- Massinger
"We maters grow of all that we despise." --Crowley
"Oh, then, renounce that impious self-esteem." -- Beattie
"Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream." -- Cowper
"Think not ambition wise because 'tis brave" -- Davenant
"The paths of glory lead but to the grave." -- Gray
"What is ambition? 'Tis a glorious cheat." -- Willis
"Only destructive to the brave and great." -- Addison
"What's all the gaudy glitter of a crown?" -- Dryden
"The was 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 ye may, your God your friend." -- Mason
"Whom Christians worship, yet not comprehend." -- Hill
"The trust that's given guard, and to yourself be just." -- Dana
"For live howe'er we may, yet die we must." -- Shakespeare
(First published in Good Housekeeping)
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