But Mousie, thou are 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' pain,
For promis'd joy!
-- Rabbie Burns, in To a Mouse, November 1785
Rabbie Burns
Rabbie Burns: Comments by Tom McRae
a native Edinburgh lad, who fled to warmer climes;
now echoing to us from sunny Queensland, Australia
Selections from the Works of Robert Burns
Presented, with conversational notes,
by Electric Scotland: Grangemouth, Scotland
Celebration: 200th Anniversary Pages
The Burns Federation - Scotland
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Robert Burns and the Royal Dumfries Volunteers 1795-1796
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