 | John Steinbeck - 1994 - Страниц: 148
..."best laid schemes." The poem tells of an unfortunate field mouse whose home is flattened by a plow: But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight...best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promised joy. As fully articulated only at the beginning and... | |
 | Bryan S. Turner, Peter Hamilton - 1994 - Страниц: 496
...a mouse' in which the precariousness of nature and social life is expressed in the observation that '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'. Social life is characterised by its risk,... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - Страниц: 936
...cell. 50 That wee-bit heap o' leaves an' stibble Has cost thee monie a weary nibble! Now thou's tum'd out, for a' thy trouble. But house or hald, To thole...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, thou art... | |
 | Stephen Adams - 1997 - Страниц: 260
...the fourteenth century, but now linked to the name of its most skilled writer: But Mousie, thou an no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The...laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley. An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promised joy. One seven-line iambic pentameter stanza, rhyme... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - 1997 - Страниц: 613
...destroyed a complete world, wrecked the hopes and plans of a 'sleeket, cowran', tim'rous beastie'. The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy! (To a Mouse) His linking here of 'the best laid... | |
 | John McRae - 1998 - Страниц: 172
...cell. That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble, Hast cost thee monie a weary nibble! Now thou's turned out, for a' thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole...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... | |
 | Dafydd ab Hugh - 2000 - Страниц: 256
...face. Alas, as the Scottish poet Bobbie Burns wrote, a verse that came back to O'Brien again and again: But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o'mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us naught but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy! — And... | |
 | Oonagh Morrison - 2001 - Страниц: 390
...over me. He was even easy enough in his mind to sing, the gommeril!' For Promised Joy OONAGH MORRISON But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o' mice and men' Gang aft a-gley, And lea'e us nought but grief and pain, For promis'd joy. Robert Burns 1... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - 2001 - Страниц: 594
...wrecked the hopes and plans of a 'sleeker, cowran', tim'rous beastie'. 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' pain, For promis'd joy! (To a Mouse) His linking here of 'the best laid... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - 2001 - Страниц: 598
...wrecked the hopes and plans of a 'sleeker, cowran', tim'rous beastie'. But Mousie, thou art no thy-lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang afr agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy! (To a Mouse) His linking here... | |
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