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LINES IN IMITATION OF THE STYLE OF BEATTIE'S MINSTREL.

"Ah who can tell how hard it is to climb," &c.
BEATTIE'S MINSTREL.

Yes, it is hard the steep ascent to climb
Whence Fame's proud structure beams upon the eye,
And well I wot, that many a son of rhyme,
Loth to give o'er, yet timorous to try,
Pours from his weary heart the anxious sigh;
Fearful he wends; for by the mountain's side