 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  CARLYLE'S ESSAY ON BURNS - Page 77by WILLARD C. GORE - 1915Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1820 - 470 pages
...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 joy. Still thou art blest, compar'd...prospects drear! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess tai' fear. A WINTER WINTER NIGHT. Poor naked wretches, nheresoe'eryou are, That bide the pelting of... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1820 - 458 pages
...a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain. For promis'd joy. Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me I The present only toucheth thee : But, Och ! I backward...! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear. A WINTER WINTER NIGHT. Poor naked wretches, wheresoever you are, That bide the pelting of this pity... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...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. Still thou art blest, compar'd...drear! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear. A WINTER NIGHT. Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That hide the pelting of this pitiless storm... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 270 pages
...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. Still thou art blest, compar'd...cast my ee On prospects drear ! An' forward, tho' I caima see, I guess an' fear. A WINTER NIGHT. Poor uaked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain : The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gly, Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me ! The present...On prospects drear ! An' forward, tho' I canna see, an' fear. A WINTER WIGHT. Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you arc, That hide the pelting of this pityless... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 pages
...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 joy. Still thou art blest, compar'd...cast my ee On prospects drear ! An' forward, tho' I carina see, I guest an' fear. A WINTER NIGHT. Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1824 - 478 pages
...regard to this subject, many a one in the coming ages of time will have occasion to say with the poet, But, och ! I backward cast my e'e On prospects drear...! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear. We will only add, that Mr Bigelow's Address deserves much praise for its spirited style and manner,... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...grief an' pain For promised joy. Still thou art blest, compared wi' me ! The present only toueheth thee : But, och ! I backward cast my ee On prospects drear ! An' forward, though I canna see, I guess an' fear. ... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1826 - 272 pages
...pain, For promis'd joy. Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me .' Ihepresent only toucheth thee; t'm, och ! I backward cast my e'e, On prospects drear ! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear, A MOUNTAIN DAISY, On turning one down with the Plough, in April, 1786. WEE, modest, crimson-tipped... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...aft a-gly,3 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...! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear. THE COTTER S SATURDAY NIGHT. NOVEMBER chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; 4 The shortening winter day... | |
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