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O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I!

Robert Burns

1786

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Challenges of life Life The human condition

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1786 Age of Enlightenment

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Robert Burns

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Burns, Robert. "Despondency: An Ode." Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Kilmarnock: John Wilson, 1786, I. 4.

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O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I! — Robert Burns

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