 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 Seiten
...aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain, For promis'd joy. Still thou art blest, compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, Och...backward cast my e'e On prospects drear ! An' forward, though I canna see, I guess an' fear ! A WINTER NIGHT. Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er yon are. That... | |
 | Charles Smith Cheltnam - 1863 - 176 Seiten
...a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promised joy. K2 " Still thou art blest, compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, och...backward cast my e'e On prospects drear: An' forward, though I canna see, I guess an' fear. Frank—who could not bear to give pain or trouble to any thing... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 358 Seiten
...a-gley, wrong And 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 ! And forward, though I canna see, I guess and fear.1 1 We have the testimony of Gilbert Burns that... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 368 Seiten
...a-gley, wrong And 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 ! And forward, though I canna see, I guess and fear.1 1 We have the testimony of Gilbert Burns that... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1864 - 380 Seiten
...aft a-gley, And 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 ! And forward, though I canna see, I guess anil fear. HALLOWEEN. " Tea ! let the rich deride, the proud... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 Seiten
...Often myng i And 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 ! And forward, though I canna see, I guess and fear. 1 An occasional ear of corn in a thrave — that... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1865 - 470 Seiten
...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 blest, comparM wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, Och ! I backward cast my e'e On prospects drear... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 Seiten
...a-gley,11 An' leave 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 ee,13 On prospects drear ! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear. R. Burns. 1 Nothing now... | |
 | 1867 - 514 Seiten
...apostrophised the field-mouse whose nest he had turned up with his plough : Still thou art blest, compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, och...prospects § drear: An' forward tho' I canna see, I guess and fear. || Sacred, therefore, be, in Thomson's phrase, the veil that kindly clouds a light too keen... | |
 | 1867 - 518 Seiten
...apostrophised the field-mouse whose nest he had turned up with his plough : Still thou art blest, compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, och...cast my e'e On prospects§ drear : An' forward tho' I oanna see, I guess aud fear.|| Sacred, therefore, be, in Thomson's phrase, the veil that kindly clouds... | |
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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 agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an 
