 | William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 pages
...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 ! And forward, though I canna see, I guess an' fear. 1 Stray vegetable materials. - Biting. 3 Endure.... | |
 | Henry K. Wood - Christian life - 1870 - 224 pages
...creature's loss, closing his tender lines with the mournful words — " Still thou art blest compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee ; But, och ! I backward cast my e'e On prospects drear, And forward, though I canna see, I guess and fear ! " Listen again to the rejoicing of one who has... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scottish literature - 1870 - 652 pages
...aft a-gley,6 And lea'e us nought but grief and pain For promised joy. Still thou art blest, compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, och ! I backward cast my e'e On prospects drear ! And forward, though I canna see, I guess and fear. HALLOWEEN.8 The following poem will, by many readers,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1871 - 516 pages
...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' pain, For promis'd joy ! Still,...! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear! EPISTLE TO DAYIE, A BROTHER POET. January [The references to "my darling Jean," in this most delightful... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...• An' bleak December's winds ensuin* Baith9 snell10 an* keen! Still thou art blest, compared wi' m The present only toucheth thee : But, och ! I backward...! An* forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an* fear. TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY, ON TURNING DOWN ONE WITH A PLOUGH, APRIL, 1786. WEE, modest, crimson -tipped flower,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...aft a-gley, An' lea'e us naught but grief and pain, For promised joy. Still thou art blest, compared = =+< ~2 though I canna see, I guess an' fear. ROBERT BURNS. THE SONGSTERS. FKOM " THE SEASONS." .... TJpspRiNOS... | |
 | Ontario. Council of Public Instruction - English language - 1871 - 506 pages
...aft a-gley, And lea'e us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy. Still thou art blest, compared wi' me! The present only toucheth thee : But och ! I backward cast my e'e And forward, tho' I canna see, On prospects drear! I guess and fear. —BURNS. THE STUDY OF THE CLASSICS.... | |
 | Ken Burnett - Business & Economics - 1992 - 366 pages
...possible, she now realised, if she were to change her will ... ture 'Still thou art blessed compared wi' me The present only toucheth thee But och, I backward cast my e'e On prospects drear And forward, though I canna see I guess, and fear.' Robert Burns To a mouse Crystal ball gazing is... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o' mice and men, Gang aft agley, 40 An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy! Still,...drear! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear! 4. bickering brattle = sudden scurry I5. daimen-icker in a thrave = chance ear in 24 sheaves 17. lave... | |
 | John McRae - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1998 - 172 pages
...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' 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!... | |
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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 
