HUMAN LIFE,

A POEM.

BY

SAMUEL ROGERS.

LONDON.

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1819.

ENQUISH
OXFORD

LIBRARY

PRINTED BY BENSLEY AND SON,

BOLT COURT FLEET STREET.

THE ARGUMENT.

Introduction.-Ringing of bells in a neighbouring Village on the Birth of an Heir.-General Reflections on Human Life. The Subject proposed.-Childhood.-Youth.—

Manhood.Love.-Marriage.-Domestic Happiness

and Affliction.- War.- Peace. · Civil Dissension.

Retirement from active Life.-Old Age and its Enjoy

ments.-Conclusion.