To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With The Plough, November, 1785
ell.
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' reuch cauld!
but, mousie, thou art no thy ne,
in proving fht may be vain;
the best-id schemes o' mi 'men
gang aft agley,
an'lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
for promis'd joy!
still thou art blest, par'd wi' me
the present only toucheth thee:
but, och! i backward cast my e'e.
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