his frame; his tongue was parched, and his mind sunk into delirium, when not roused by conversation. On the 2d and 3rd day the fever increased, and his strength diminished. On the 10th the sufferings of this great but ill-fated genius were ter- minated, and a life was closed in which virtue and passion had been at perpetual variance.

Thus perished Burns in his thirty-seventh year. Let those who are without follies cast the first stone at his infirmities, and thank their God they are not like the other poor children of genius, frail in health, feeble in resolution, in small matters improvident, and unfortunate in most things.

END OF VOL. I.

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