{"id":984,"date":"2026-01-21T12:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/loganpseccclassblog567main2017\/?p=984"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:21:17","slug":"p6-burns-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/loganpseccclassblog567main2017\/2026\/01\/21\/p6-burns-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"P6 Burns Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>To a Mouse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By Robert Burns<\/p>\n<p>Wee sleekit, cow\u2019rin, tim\u2019rous beastie,<br \/>\nO, what a panic\u2019s in thy breastie!<br \/>\nThou need na start awa sae hasty,<br \/>\nWi\u2019\u00a0bickering brattle!<br \/>\nI wad be laith to rin an chase thee,<br \/>\nWi\u2019\u00a0murdering pattle!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m truly sorry man\u2019s dominion<br \/>\nHas broken Nature\u2019s social union,<br \/>\nAn justifies that ill opinion,<br \/>\nWhich makes thee startle<br \/>\nAt me, thy poor, earth-born companion,<br \/>\nAn fellow mortal!<\/p>\n<p>I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve;<br \/>\nWhat then? poor beastie, thou maun live!<br \/>\nA daimen icker in a thrave<br \/>\n\u2019S a sma request;<br \/>\nI\u2019ll get a blessin wi\u2019\u00a0the lave,<br \/>\nAn never miss\u2019t!<\/p>\n<p>Thy wee-bit housie, too, in ruin!<br \/>\nIts silly wa\u2019s the win\u2019s are strewin!<br \/>\nAn naething, now, to big a new ane,<br \/>\nO\u2019\u00a0foggage green!<br \/>\nAn bleak December\u2019s win\u2019s ensuin,<\/p>\n<p>Baith snell an keen!<\/p>\n<p>Thou saw the fields laid bare an waste,<br \/>\nAn weary winter comin fast,<br \/>\nAn cozie here, beneath the blast,<br \/>\nThou thought to dwell,<br \/>\nTill crash! the cruel coulter past<br \/>\nOut thro thy cell.<\/p>\n<p>That wee bit heap o\u2019\u00a0leaves an stibble,<br \/>\nHas cost thee monie a weary nibble!<br \/>\nNow thou\u2019s turn\u2019d out, for a\u2019\u00a0thy trouble,<br \/>\nBut house or hald,<br \/>\nTo thole the winter\u2019s sleety dribble,<br \/>\nAn cranreuch cauld!<\/p>\n<p>But Mousie, thou art no thy lane,<br \/>\nIn proving foresight may be vain:<br \/>\nThe best-laid schemes o\u2019\u00a0mice an men<br \/>\nGang aft agley,<br \/>\nAn lea\u2019e us nought but grief an pain,<br \/>\nFor promis\u2019d joy!<\/p>\n<p>Still thou art blest, compar\u2019d wi\u2019\u00a0me!<br \/>\nThe present only toucheth thee:<br \/>\nBut och! I backward cast my e\u2019e,<br \/>\nOn prospects drear!<br \/>\nAn forward, tho I canna see,<br \/>\nI guess an fear!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To a Mouse By Robert Burns Wee sleekit, cow\u2019rin, tim\u2019rous beastie, O, what a panic\u2019s in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi\u2019\u00a0bickering brattle! I wad be laith to rin an chase thee, Wi\u2019\u00a0murdering pattle! 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