More from Robert Burns
- Man was Made to Mourn, st. 7 (1786)
What’s done we partly may compute,
But know not what’s resisted.Address to the Unco Guid, st. 8 (1786)- Tam o’ Shanter (1790), Line 67In context
The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men
Gang aft a-gley,
An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,
For promis’d joy.
