 That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble 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 cauld! But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight...  The Works of Robert Burns - Page 222by Robert Burns - 1840 - 820 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1797 - 264 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | 1809 - 530 pages
...'Till crash ! the cruel coulter past Out thro' thy cell. ' That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble, Has cost thee mony a weary nibble ! Now thou's turn'd...thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch cauld ! ' III. p. 147The verses to a Mountain Daisy, though more elegant and picturesque, seem to derive... | |
 | 1809 - 530 pages
...the cruel coulter past , Out thro' thy cell. ' That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble, Has cost thce mony a weary nibble'! Now thou's turn'd out, for a'...house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, The verses to a Mountain Daisy, though more elegant and picturesque, seem to derive their chief beauty... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...coulter past That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble,' Has cost thee mony a weary nibble ! Now thon's turn'd out, 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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...thy cell. That wee bit heap o' leaves and stibble I Has cost thee mony a weary nibble ! Now thou 's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble, But house or hald,...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 pages
...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 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...• 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... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 pages
...dwell, Till crash ! the cruel coulter past Out thro' thy cell. That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble, Has cost thee mony a weary nibble ! Now thou's turn'd...vain : The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gly, Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee ; But, Och ! I backward... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 pages
...dwell, Till crash ! the cruel coulter past, Out-thro' thy cell. That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble, Has cost thee mony a weary nibble ! Now thou's turn'd...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 joy.... | |
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