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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 promised 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,... "
Cassell's popular natural history - Page 307
by Cassell, ltd - 1863
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: Collated with the Best Editions, Volumes 1-2

Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 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...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 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 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...
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Poems, Volume 1

Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...thee mony a weary nibble ! Now thou 's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch cauld But,...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 joy, Still thou art...
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A Critique on the Poems of Robert Burns

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...
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A Critique on the Poems of Robert Burns

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...
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The poetical works of Robert Burns

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 joy. Still than art blest,...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...MI'-, turn'd out, for a' thy trouble, Baith house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, Ail cranreuch cauld ! But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane,...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 joy ! Still thuu art...
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The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life ..., Issue 672, Volume 3

Robert Burns - 1816 - 406 pages
...turn'd out, for a' thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the winters sleety dribble, An' cranreugh 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, An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain, For promis'd...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 38

Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...cost thee mony a weary nibble ! Now thou's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch cauld !...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...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 270 pages
...cost thee mony a weary nibble ! Now thou's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch cauld !...no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain : The best laid scemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain, For promis'd...
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