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... It included a handful of first - rate Scots poems - The Twa Dogs ' , ' Scotch Drink ' , ' The Holy Fair ' , ' Address to the Deil ' , ' The Death and Dying Words of Poor Maillie ' , ' To a Mouse ' , ' To a Louse ' , BURNS 17.
... It included a handful of first - rate Scots poems - The Twa Dogs ' , ' Scotch Drink ' , ' The Holy Fair ' , ' Address to the Deil ' , ' The Death and Dying Words of Poor Maillie ' , ' To a Mouse ' , ' To a Louse ' , BURNS 17.
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... Louse ' . The poet expresses his regret to the wee , sleekit , cowrin , tim'rous beastie ' , on turning her up in her nest with the plough , and goes on to reflect that , just as the mouse's provision for winter has been brought to ...
... Louse ' . The poet expresses his regret to the wee , sleekit , cowrin , tim'rous beastie ' , on turning her up in her nest with the plough , and goes on to reflect that , just as the mouse's provision for winter has been brought to ...
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David Daiches. of the proverbial note , as in " To a Louse ' , is most effective ; but the emergence of self - pity at the end as the real theme seems somewhat forced , and there is a touch of attitudini- zing about the poem . This ...
David Daiches. of the proverbial note , as in " To a Louse ' , is most effective ; but the emergence of self - pity at the end as the real theme seems somewhat forced , and there is a touch of attitudini- zing about the poem . This ...
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