 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,...  The science of beauty - Page 56by Avary W. Holmes-Forbes - 1881Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 lehte
...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 an' pain For promis'd... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 lehte
...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 an' pain For promis'd... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 248 lehte
...circulating medium than did ,the poor mouse in whose fate he saw his own—but more unfortunate ! " 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, though I canna see, I guess and fear." At... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 lehte
...schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley,11 An' lea'e us nought but grief and 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, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear. Burns.... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1847 - 704 lehte
...a' thy trouble, But1 house or hald,k To thole1 the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuchm 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,0 An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain, For promis'd... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - 1848 - 228 lehte
...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... | |
 | Georges Hardinge Champion - 1849 - 548 lehte
...for a' thy trouble, But house or hald , To tholl thé winter's sleety dribble. And cranreuch cauld ! But, mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving FORESIGHT may be vain : The best laid schemes O'MICE and JHBN Grang aft a-gly, And lea'e us nought but grief and.pain, For promis'd... | |
 | American Sunday-School Union - 1851 - 256 lehte
...the boys, and even sang part of Burns's lines to the Mouse, whose nest was turned up by his plough : But, mousie, thou art no thy lane,* In proving foresight may be vain : The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley,f And lea'e us nought but grief and pain For promised... | |
 | John Aikin - 1852 - 792 lehte
...for a' thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch caul J ! g g jP " best laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, An' Ica'e us naught but grief an' pain, For promised... | |
 | 1853 - 560 lehte
...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 an' pain, For promised... | |
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