 The best laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft agley, 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! I backward cast my e'e, On prospects drear! An' forward, tho'...  Robert Burns: As a Poet, and as a Man - Seite 54von Samuel Tyler - 1848 - 209 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Burns - 1786 - 248 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1794 - 264 Seiten
...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 : But, Och ! I... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1797 - 264 Seiten
...cauld! But, Moufie, thou art no thy lane, •In proving forefight 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 promis'd joy. Still Still thou art bleft, compar'd wi' me ! The prefent only toucheth thee: But, Och ! I backward caft... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 268 Seiten
...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 thee : But, Och ! I backward caft... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...Has 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...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 Seiten
...neither praised nor admired above its merits. The following stanzas are peculiarly affecting. • " But, mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight...men Gang aft 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... | |
 | 1812 - 140 Seiten
...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...• 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... | |
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