 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 oldal
...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 naught but grief an' pain For promised joy. Still thou art blest, compared wi' me ! The present only toueheth thee :... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 oldal
...cauld ! But, mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain : The hest laid schemes o' omas Wardle an' pain, For promised joy. Still thou art blest, compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 796 oldal
...cauld ! But, mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain : The best laid schemes o' ile thitherward we bend our course ; or while We seek that o an' pain, Still thou art blest, compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, och ! I backward... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Taylor - 1854 - 296 oldal
...sung, "But, mousie, thou art not alane, In proving foresight may be vain ; The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us naught...thus left without " a local habitation;" furnishing, so it seems to us, an admirable escapement for the overflowing philanthropy that renders so many people... | |
 | George Wood - 1855 - 412 oldal
...and fashion are sometimes made to feel they share a common lot, and that " The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us naught but grief an' pain For promised joy." CHAPTER XLII. NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBORS. THE residence of our pilgrims was situated... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 oldal
...* The Paradise of Fools, to few unknown. Par. Lost. B. 3. 496. To a Mouse. The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley ; An' lea'e us naught but grief and pain For promised joy. Scots wha hoe. Let us do, or die ! Address to the Unco Guid. Then gently scan your brother man, Still... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1866 - 840 oldal
...to our rulers, we commend to them the familiar lines of Burns:— The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley; An' lea'e us naught but grief and pain, For promised joy. A journey undertaken with the design to break down the patriotic Republican party, and build up on... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Taylor - 1868 - 292 oldal
...sung, " But, mousie, thou art not alane, In proving foresight may be vain ; The best laid schemes o mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us naught...thus left without " a local habitation ;" furnishing, so it seems to us, an admirable escapement for the overflowing philanthropy that renders so many people... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 oldal
...cauld ! But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain : The best-laid schemes o' nt Still thou art blest, compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, och ! I backward cast... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 oldal
...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 naught but grief and pain, For promised joy. Still thou art blest, compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, och ! I backward cast... | |
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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 an 
