And if his faith is absolute

That pain hurts not the "animal,"

He'll very soon become—a brute!


LINES BY A LAZY BODY.

[M. St. Hilaire, the French politician, who is ninety years of age, and still active, says:—"If you want to live to be old, be always at work, and diligently. Do not listen to those who aspire to save enough money to rest. They are lazy bodies.">[

'Tis the voice of the Lazy, I heard him complain,

"All this nonagenarian nonsense

Won't do! This mere love of longevity's vain,

Although natural, doubtless, in one sense.