The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-27
HUvAA lIFE-A LITERARY CURIOSITY.

COLLECTED and put in pairs by J. A.Monk,
OF Manchester. England)
In man we various passions find. Pope.
The power OF thought the magic of the
mind, Byron
Big with false hopes and eager after
gain Granville
Quick to receive and steadfast to retain.
Samuel Butler
Whilst hope and Joy cloudless and soft
appear, -Bowles
Keep on and swerve not in thy high ca
No more with reason and thyself at
strife, Gray
There are a thousand joyful things in
life, -Talford
On things that fall reed upon reed We
lean Mrs. Hemans
seem Sam Blanchard
In poetry the loftiest mood 'of mihd.
Pollock
In different individuals We find --Boyce
Mankind are various as the world is wide
-Cowper
Rich without wealth and famous without
pride. Prior
How many are on reckless follies bent.
james
To lose good days that might be better
spent. Spencer
Time comes stealing on by night and day,
H ~ Shakespeare
Sooner or later all things pass away.
The rolling years with constant motion
run, Oldham
Until the setting of our lifeday's sun.
Thomas Castley
Enough for virtue is her own applause.
Ben Jonson
Earth. sea, heaven. hell. are subject unto
Robert Devereaux. Earl OF Essex
Our own felicity we make or find.
DIR Jonson
But what puzzle Is our serious mind.
Tom Hood
Man. thou offspring of corrupting clay,
stupendous monument OF calm decay.
--Jno. Neal
o vain to seek delight in earthly things,
--Shenstone
Princes and Lords are but the breath Of
Kings, Robert Burns
Prince and peasant In cold earth both lie,
Granville
Man was only born that he may die.
DIR. Bowring
o happiness. a feeting meteor thou.
Robert Feguson
Our now is gone before we can say now.
-Qualles
Vain man is but speck Of speakins
dust, j. A. Monk
And what thou canst not fathom learn
10 trust, DIR. Parnell
We grasp at shadows and the form is
gone, F. 8. knight
Come my best friends-my books-and
lead me on, -Cowley
! o glorious privilege to think and read
Elijah Ridings
| And Homer will be the only look you
need Sheffield. Duke Of Buckingham
| Wealth may seek US but wisdom must
| ~ be bought, Young
Genius must be born. IL never can be
taught, Dryden
BE ys not bindly guided by the throng,
Joshua Sylvester
The heart doth live ten regions from the
| tongue. Duke OF Roscommon
| All hunt for fame. but most mistake the
way, Churchill
Up the vague stream of probability.
| lily. Kirk White
! q what mockery Is lnis dream OF fame.
j. q. Percival
n one soul improved have not lived in
vain. -Beattie
Good TO thyseif. and in thyself TO ALL
| Dyer
What range for fame attends both great
| and small Peter Fender
Love not the world, its srtihces beware,
Sir Rd. steele
For after JOY there oftimes cometh care
| -Henryson
Dim shadows nit across tho stream OF
| time Lord Iyttleton
Nor way nor weather will be always fine
| -Chaucer
when soft compassion sows as in the
| skies --Longfellow
I see the form OF other dsvs arise
| --Francis Sebastian
| So were my eyes intoxicate with the view,
| Dante
| OF the fair scene tho God OF beauty drew.
--Dermody
| The visions OF hope ny one by one
| Eliza Cook
How vain TO lament o'er DAYS that are
| gone. l. Ambrose
All have intervals OF sadness and 10Y.
| James FcnelOn
| Take life az it is. tbs folly to sigh.
| Charles Swain
How nearly Joy and sorrow are allied.
| Wordsworth
what then is here 20 natter human pride.
bloomfield
| Perplexed with thought and tortured with
| despair Philip Frenean
| yNhere',r I wander sorrow stfil IL there