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Oppress'd with grief, oppress'd with care, / A burden more than I can bear, / I sit me down and sigh; / O Life, thou art a galling load, / Along a rough and weary road, / To wretches such as I.
Oppress'd with grief, oppress'd with care, / A burden more than I can bear, / I sit me down and sigh; / O Life, thou art a galling load, / Along a rough and weary road, / To wretches such as I.
Approximate author period: c. 1777 AD · early modern
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- Author or tradition
- Robert Burns
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- Approximate author period: c. 1777 AD · early modern
author lifetime midpoint (1759–1796)
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Burns. · page_335
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