 | John Phillips - Religion - 2002 - 600 pages
...its plight with his: Still thou art blessed compar'd wi' me! The present only toucheth thee: But oh! I backward cast my e'e On prospects drear! An' forward tho' I canna see, I guess and fear! As we contemplate the thoughts of the wicked, we are reminded of the story of Achan (Joshua... | |
 | Mary Low - Christian life - 2003 - 228 pages
...aft agley, an' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, for promised joy! Still thou art blest, compared wi' me! The present only toucheth thee: But och! I...drear! An' forward, tho' I canna see I guess an' fear! — Robert Burns CHERISH THE EARTH Sorry Dear loving Father, we are sorry . . . for destroying your... | |
 | Simon R. Wilkinson - Adjustment (Psychology) - 2003 - 344 pages
...Forpromis'djoy! Still thou art hlest, compar'd wi' me The present only toucheth thee: Bui, Och! l hackward cast my e'e. On prospects drear! An' forward, tho' I canna see, l guess an' fear! Rohert Bums, 'To a Mouse' As a young aduh, newly pregnant, Pamela is reflecting on... | |
 | Philip Clayton, Arthur Robert Peacocke - Religion - 2004 - 346 pages
...expresses poignantly the human condition: Still thou art blest compared wi' me! The present only touches thee. But Och! I backward cast my e'e On prospects drear, An' forward, though I canna see, I guess and fear. 4 Thus, in the first place, those features of evolution singled... | |
 | L. L. Gaddy - Nature - 2005 - 176 pages
...lady's-slipper (Cypripedium pubescens), an orchid. WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS MAN? Still thou are blest, compared wi' me! The present only toucheth thee: But och! I backward cast my ee On prospects drear! And forward, though I cannot see, I guess and fear. Robert Burns, "To a Mouse" Therefore, since the... | |
 | Eugene J. Eisen - Science - 2005 - 378 pages
...best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'djoy! On prospects drear! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear! 2. Mouse Domestication The Chinese and Japanese are believed to have been the first to domesticate... | |
 | Edward A. Wasserman, Thomas R. Zentall - Psychology - 2006 - 734 pages
...Displacement in Animal Cognition WILLIAM A. ROBERTS Still, thou art blest compar'd wi' me! Only the present toucheth thee, But Och! I backward cast my e'e On...An' forward, tho' I canna' see I guess an ' fear! — Robert Burns, "To a Mouse" Human language and cognition are often described as having the property... | |
 | Ingolf U. Dalferth, Hans-Peter Grosshans - Philosophy - 2006 - 438 pages
...and after images of proximate objects. As Robert Burns in »To a Mouse« exclaims: »Still, thou are blest, compar'd wi' me The present only toucheth thee...Och! I backward cast my e'e On prospects drear! An' foru'ard, tho' I canna see, I guess an fear.«2 Yet it is not merely that human scanning equipment... | |
 | Miller Williams - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 137 pages
...in his field that would seem out of place in a poem written this year? Still thou are blest compared wi' me! The present only toucheth thee: But och! I...backward cast my e'e On prospects drear! An' forward though I canna see, I guess an' fear! That's from 1785, almost two hundred years ago. Let's go on back... | |
 | Yakov Ben-Haim - Computers - 2006 - 384 pages
...aft a-gley 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! An' forward, though I canna see, I guess an ' fear! Robert Burns, To a Mouse [41] In this chapter we look back over... | |
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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 
