Now  life  is  a  burden  that  bows  me  down,  S.  By  yon  castle  toa*  t

And  robb'd  him  at  once  of  his  hopes  and  hu  life  :

S.  Caledonia,  j.
If  I  had  twenty  thousand  lives,
I'd  die  as  aft  for  Charlie.  S.  Come  boat  me  e'er.
I  ask  for  dearest  life  alone.
That  I  may  live  to  love  her.        S.  Comet  ^^  ^"^  **^  l^^  t

But  man  is  a  soldier,  and  life  is  a  faught :

S.  CcntenUd  wV  little  t
And  a'  my  days  o'  life  to  come
I'll  gratefully  adore  thee.  S.  Craigie-bum  Wood,

O  Life,  thou  art  a  galling  load,
Along  a  rough,  a  weary  road,
To  wretches  such  as  1 !  Despondem^t  an  Ode,

Happy !  ye  sons  of  Busy-life, lb.  ».
And  hast  thou  crost  that  unknown  river.
Life's  dreary  bound  !    El.  on  Capt.  M.  H.,  is.
If  thou  at  Friendship's  sacred  ca'
Wad  life  itself  resign, lb.,  EpiL

Life  ne'er  exulted  in  so  rich  a  prize,  El.  on  Miss  Burnet.
O  Death  hadst  thou  but  spar'd  his  life,

Epig.  on  Henpecked  Squire,

For  still  th'  important  end  of  life,
They  [wha  fa']  equally  may  answer :  Ep.  to  Young  Friend.  4.
But  when  on  life  we're  tempest  driven,  ...         lb.  to.
This  life  has  joys  for  you  and  1  ;     .  Ep.  to  Davie.  8,

For  life  and  spunk  like  ither  Christians,

I'm  dwindled  down  to  mere  existence.         Ep.  to  H.  Peurkor.
It  thirl'd  the  heart-strings  thro'  the  breast,

A'  to  the  life.  Ep.  to  /.  L—k,  Ap.  ist,  3,

May  still  your  life  from  day  to  day,

Nae  "lente  largo  "  in  the  play,  Ep.  to  Maj.  Logan,  j.
