And look on death itself!"—Shakspeare, Macbeth, Act II. Sc. 3.

"Nature, alas! why are thou so

Obliged unto thy greatest foe?

Sleep that is thy best repast,

Yet of death it bears a taste,

And both are the same things at last."—Dennis, Sophonisba.

"Great Nature's second course,

Chief nourisher in life's feast."—Shakspeare, Macbeth, Act II. Sc. 2.

Cuthbert Bede, B.A.

"Nothing doth countervail a faithful friend."—Ecclesias. vi. 15.