 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, tho' I canna see, I guess an  Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect - Page 204by Robert Burns - 1794Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1793 - 420 pages
...Winter's fleety dribble, An' cranreuch cauld ! But, Moufie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foreftgbt may be vain: The beft-laid fchemes o' Mice an' Men Gang aft a-gley, An' ka'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy ! Still then art bleft, compar'd wi' me ! The prefent... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...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 joy, Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, Och ! I... | |
 | 1812 - 140 pages
...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 art blest compar'd wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1820 - 458 pages
...L2 But But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, la 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 joy. Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me I The present only toucheth thee : But, Och ! I... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 pages
...cauld ! But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving fmesig ht 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 joy. Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me! The present only toucheth thee : But, och! I backward... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...cauld. But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In. pro-vine 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 blest, compart wi* me .' The prêtent only touchcth thee: But, Och ! I... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1831 - 484 pages
...cauld ! But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving fbrenglit may be vain : The best laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an pain, Forpromisd joy. Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me ! The present only ioucheth thee : But,... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 370 pages
...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 joy. Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me ! ul The present only toucheth thee : But, Och... | |
 | Robert Wake - Southwold (England) - 1839 - 462 pages
...— " But, Mousie, tbou 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." CHAPTER VIII. The accommodation which Southwold afforded for harboring... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pages
...cauld ! But, Mousie, thou ait 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 joy. Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, och ! I... | |
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