How  long  I  have  liv'd,  but  how  much  liv'd  in  vain  ;

S.  The  lazy  mist  t
But  Mousie,  thou  art  no  thy  lane,
In  proving  foresight  may  be  vain  :  ,       .       To  a  Mouse.
In  vain  the  laws  their  feeble  force  oppose ;    .      To  Clarinda.
In  vain  Religion  meets  my  shrinking  eye ;     .        .        .lb.
Conscience  in  vain  upbraids  the  unhallow'd  fire :  .        .lb.
Some  rhyme,  (vain  thought !)  for  needfu'  cash  ;      To  J.  S.f  S-


Tho'  I  maun  say't,  I  wad  be  silly,
An  unco  vain.
To  IV.  Simpson.
To  equal  young  Jessie,  you  seek  it  in  vain  :

S.  True  hearted  W4U  he  \

And  fretful  envy  grins  in  vain         .  S.  Young  Peggy  t

Vainly.
And  for  thy  potence  vainly  wisht,  Lns^on  Back  of  Bank  Note.
Vale,    in  the  vale  of  humble  life,  A  Ded.  to  G.  H.y  lb.
'  Ev'n  in  the  peaceful  rural  vale,

'  Truth,  weeping,  tells  the  mournful  tale,  A  Winter  Night.  8.
Above  the  narrow,  rural  vale :         .  Add.  to  Edinburgh.
The  sweeping  vales,  and  foaming  floods,  Ep.  to  Davie.  4.
Till  deep  it  crashing  whelms  the  cottage  in  the  vale  ;

Fn^.  <ifOde.
Poverty's  low  barren  vale,  .     Lament/or  Glencaim.
the  flower  which  bloom 'd  sweetest  in  Coila's  green  vale,

Lament  on  leaving  Nat.  Land.
Blows  chilly  from  the  misty  vale;   .  .On  Lincluden.
How  lovely,  Nith,  thy  fruitful  vales,     S.  The  Banks  o/Nith.
One  cordial  in  this  melancholy  vale,

The  Cotter's  Sat.  Night,  g.
Her  [Coila's]  heathy  moors  and  winding  vales ;

S.  The  gloomy  night  t

Life's  weary  vale  I  wander  thro' :  .        .  The  Lanttnt.
The  murmuring  streamlet  winds  clear  thro'  the  vale,

^.  The  small  birds  \

Dost  thou  spurn  the  humble  vale  ?     IVr.  in  Friar's-Carse  H.
