tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post7517837597831746961..comments2024-03-16T17:24:36.065-04:00Comments on Outlandish Observations: Happy Burns Day!Karen Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07635855088490793965noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-47776039921541311682016-01-31T13:51:36.974-05:002016-01-31T13:51:36.974-05:00It's a wondrous poem, and well worth re-readin...It's a wondrous poem, and well worth re-reading. <br /><br />To A Mouse<br /><br />(According to legend, written after Burns plowed under a mouse's nest as winter was coming on.)<br /><br />Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, <br />O, what a panic's in thy breastie! <br />Thou need na start awa sae hasty <br />Wi bickering brattle! <br />I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee, <br />Wi' murdering pattle. <br /><br />I'm truly sorry man's dominion<br />Has broken Nature's social union, <br />An' justifies that ill opinion <br />Which makes thee startle <br />At me, thy poor, earth born companion <br />An' fellow mortal! <br /><br />I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve; <br />What then? poor beastie, thou maun live! <br />A daimen icker in a thrave <br />'S a sma' request; <br />I'll get a blessin wi' the lave, <br />An' never miss't. <br /><br />Thy wee-bit housie, too, in ruin! <br />It's silly wa's the win's are strewin! <br />An' naething, now, to big a new ane, <br />O' foggage green! <br />An' bleak December's win's ensuin, <br />Baith snell an' keen! <br /><br />Thou saw the fields laid bare an' waste,<br />An' weary winter comin fast, <br />An' cozie here, beneath the blast, <br />Thou thought to dwell, <br />Till crash! the cruel coulter past <br />Out thro' thy cell. <br /><br />That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble, <br />Has cost thee monie a weary nibble! <br />Now thou's turned out, for a' thy trouble, <br />But house or hald, <br />To thole the winter's sleety dribble, <br />An' cranreuch cauld. <br /><br />But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, <br />In proving foresight may be vain: <br />The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men <br />Gang aft agley,<br />An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, <br />For promis'd joy! <br /><br />Still thou are blest, compared wi' me! <br />The present only toucheth thee: <br />But och! I backward cast my e'e, <br />On prospects drear! <br />An' forward, tho' I canna see, <br />I guess an' fear! mountaingirl1961https://www.blogger.com/profile/10688855160527527068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-88520947284426894532016-01-26T08:15:40.775-05:002016-01-26T08:15:40.775-05:00Thanks for your great Burns' day post Karen! ...Thanks for your great Burns' day post Karen! Always learn so much from you!<br />Mary Kathryn Kramer https://www.blogger.com/profile/10448895558320439481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-58501152613175582002016-01-25T13:55:25.799-05:002016-01-25T13:55:25.799-05:00All I can recall from studying Bobby Burns in my B...All I can recall from studying Bobby Burns in my Brit Lit class in college is something like " all the plans of mice and men aften gang aglee"...or words to that effect. I also remember the term "cutty sark" which was on a test and my roommate answered "a whiskey." I think that it actually meant a shirt or a skirt.Susanlynn♥noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-74555959306925546152016-01-25T12:19:57.281-05:002016-01-25T12:19:57.281-05:00Here is the link: https://soundcloud.com/alyth-mcc...Here is the link: https://soundcloud.com/alyth-mccormack/11-mo-run-an-diugh-mar-an-de-thu-hiCatherine MacGregorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05340549612453968809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-281949788492002512016-01-25T12:19:11.305-05:002016-01-25T12:19:11.305-05:00Hi Karen, and a very happy Burns' Day to you t...Hi Karen, and a very happy Burns' Day to you too! I thought you might be interested in hearing a bit of the Gaelic song whose melody Burns adaped for Ae Fond Kiss. A Lowlander, Burns dd not speak Gaelic, but he loved the Gaelic songs and often adapted the melodies for his own lyrics. Google The Captain's Collection at Greentrax Reords and hear Alyth MacCormack singing Mo Run An Diugh Mar An De Thu. (The Captain, by the way, was ALSO named Simon Fraser! His grandfathers fought on both sides of the Jacobite rebellion.)Catherine MacGregorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05340549612453968809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-79962982099203943042016-01-25T10:11:08.778-05:002016-01-25T10:11:08.778-05:00Hi Karen , I remember reading Robert Burns in High...Hi Karen , I remember reading Robert Burns in High School , and has always been my favorite poet , love your blog, Happy Birthday to Robert Burns, please post more soon, sincerely , Mary Tormey.Mary Tormeynoreply@blogger.com