 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 - Stran 222avtor: Robert Burns - 1840 - 820 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 strani
...know ; 'Tis man alone that joy descries With forward and reverted eyes. GRAY. Ode on Vicistitude. Bur, Mousie, thou art no thy lane In proving foresight may be vain : The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy. Still thou art blest,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1868 - 312 strani
...dwell, Till crash! the cruel coulter past Out thro' thy cell. That wee hit heap o' leaves an' stibblc, Has cost thee mony a weary nibble! Now thou's turn'd...winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch cauld ! But, llousie, thou art no thy lane,} In proving foresight may be vain : The best uid schemes o' mice an'... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1868 - 688 strani
...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...To thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch caukl ! But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, Jn proving foresight may be vain : , The best laid schemes... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Taylor - 1868 - 292 strani
...were poets, and all poets were Burns-es, and all Bums-es had 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 but grief and pain For promised joy," it wouldn't mend the matter ; it wouldn't turn back the... | |
 | Thomas Crampton - 1868 - 136 strani
...thro' thy cell. 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,...thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch cauld ! POET8 AND POETRY. But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain ; The best... | |
 | Woodland - 1868 - 186 strani
...is, twenty-four sheaves. || Heniainder. 1 Build. ** Sharp. That wee bit heap o' leaves and stibble Has cost thee mony a weary nibble ! Now thou's turn'd out for a' thy trouble, But * house or hauM t To thole | the winter's sleety dribble, And cranreuch § cauld ; But, Mousie, thou art no thy... | |
 | William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 strani
...Till crash ! The cruel coulter past Out through thy cell. That wee bit heap o' leaves and stibble, Has cost thee mony a weary nibble ! Now thou's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole3 the winter's sleety dribble, And cranreuch4 cauld ! But, mousie, thou art no thy lane,5 In proving... | |
 | Ontario. Council of Public Instruction - 1871 - 506 strani
...thought to dwell, Till crash! the cruel coulter past, Out thro' thy cell. That wee bit heap o' leaves and Has cost thee mony a weary nibble! Now thou's turn'd...house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble And cranreuch cauld ? But Mousie, thou art no thy lane In proving foresight may be vain : The best... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 strani
...stibble Has cost thee mony a weary nibble ! Now thou 's turned out for a' thy trouble, But house or bald, ryant best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us naught but grief and pain, For promised... | |
 | Oliver Optic - 1871 - 380 strani
...world. I wished that he might recall, if he had ever heard of it, the Scotch poet's proverb, that 15 " The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain For promised joy." This bit of romance was not likely to end in a marriage, thanks to the returning or... | |
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