| 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,... | |
| 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
...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 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,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...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... | |
| 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 may be vain ; 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... | |
| 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 vain ; The best laid schemes o' mice an' men • Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promised joy. " Still thou... | |
| Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...u' thy trouble, But house or hauld, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch cauld ! Bat, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, 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... | |
| Robert Burns - 1815 - 364 pages
...a' thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' eranreueh eauld 1 But, mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain : The best laid sehemes o' miee an' men Gang aft a-gly, Au' lea's us nought but grief and pain, For promis'd joy. Still... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...thy trouble, Baith house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, Ail 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-glev, An* lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For prom is'd... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 pages
...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-gly, Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee ; But,... | |
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