 | Robert Burns - 1786 - 248 pages
...cauld ! But Moufie, thou art no thy.*lane, In proving fore/ight may be vain : The beft laid fchemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promif d joy ! Still, thou art bleft, compar'd wi' me ! The prefent only toucheth thee : But Och !... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1794 - 264 pages
...cauld ! But, Moufie, thou art no thy lane, In proving forefig ht may be vain : The beft-laid fchemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy. Still thou art bleft, compar'd wi' me ! The prefent only toucheth thee... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 268 pages
...cauid ! But, Moufie, thou art no thy lane, In proving/or^ bt may be vain : The beft-laid fchemes or Mice an' Men, Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain, For promis'd joy. Still Still thou are bleft, compar'd wi' me ! ' The prefent only toucheth... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 pages
...hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch cauld ! But, r But, Mousie, thou art no thy In proving foresight may be vain : The best laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gly, An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain, For promis'd joy. Still thou art blest, compar'd wi'... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 pages
...trouble, But house or bald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' craurench cauld I Bnt, Monsie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain : The best laid schemes o' niice an' men, Gang aft a-gly, An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain, For promis'd joy. Still thou... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...for a' thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranrench canld ! But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight...: The best laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gly, An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain, For promis'd joy. Still thou art blest, compar'd wi'... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...out, for a' thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch cauld But, mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain : The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain, For promis'd... | |
 | 1812 - 140 pages
...praised nor admired above its merits. The following stanzas are peculiarly affecting. 1 t " But, raousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be...an' pain, For promised joy. " Still thou art blest compar'd wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee ; But, och i I backward cast my o'e On prospects drear... | |
 | George Gleig - 1812 - 142 pages
...neither praised nor admired above its merits. The following stanzas are peculiarly affecting. • " But, mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight...a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy. '.' Still thou art blest compar'd wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee ; But, och... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 444 pages
...thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch cauld ! L 2 But, But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight...: The best laid schemes. o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gly, An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain, For promis'd joy. Still thou art blest, compar'd wi'... | |
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The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promis'd joy. Still thou art blest compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, och ! I backward cast my e'e On prospects drear, An' forward,... 
