 | 1869 - 1098 pages
...France. But the kings and diplomatists have done well to lay to heart the homely wisdom of Burns: " The best laid schemes o' mice an" men Gang aft a-gley, An' leave us nonght but grief and pain For promised loy." Louis Phillippe's throne fell miserably to pieces... | |
 | William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 pages
...lane,5 In proving foresight may be vain : The best-laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley,6 And 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 ! I backward cast my e'e, On prospects drear... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1871 - 516 pages
...hald, To thole the Winter's sleely dribble, An' craureuch canld ! But Mousie, thou art no thy-lane, In proving foresight may be vain : The best laid schemes...Men, Gang aft agley, 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... | |
 | Oliver Optic - Adventure stories - 1871 - 380 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1872 - 778 pages
...To thole the winter's sleety dribble, And cranreuch cauld I 7 But, Mousie, thou art no thy laue, In proving foresight may be vain : The best laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And lca:e us naught but grief and pain, For promised joy. 8 Still thou art blest, compared wi' me !... | |
 | Stopford Augustus Brooke - English poetry - 1874 - 396 pages
...like Gray, moralizing, nor in the end getting back to himself. But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain : The best laid schemes...men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promised joy. Still thou art blest, compared wi' me, The present only toucheth thee.... | |
 | Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 pages
...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 a-gley, An' lea'e...promis'd joy. Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me! The present only toucheth thee: But, och! I backward cast my e'e, On prospects drear An' forward, tho'... | |
 | Stopford Augustus Brooke - Literary Criticism - 1875 - 374 pages
...like Gray, moralizing, nor in the end getting back to himself. But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain : The best laid schemes...men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promised joy. Still thou art blest, compared wi' mo, The present only toucheth thee.... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - American literature - 1875 - 660 pages
...13 thj winter's sleety dribble, 14 An' cranreuch cauld ! IS 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, 10 An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promised joy. Still thou art blest, compared wi' me... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1875 - 728 pages
...But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane In proving foresight may be vain I The best-laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain For promised joy. 8 A farm servant was driving the plough which Burns held, when a mouse ran before them.... | |
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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 
