Despondency: An Ode  23272

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  • first line (public domain):
    Oppress'd with grief, oppress'd with care,
    A burden more than I can bear,
         I set me down and sigh;
    O Life! Thou art a galling load,
         Along a rough, a weary road,
    To wretches such as I!
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Locations in Harold's Library

  • The Canongate Burns (book)
    • page 104
    • in "The Kilmarnock Edition, 1786"
    • Notes: followed by extensive notes
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