The best laid schemes o' mice and men
Gang aft a-gley;
And leave us naught but grief and pain
For promised joy.

Robert Burns

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Topic

Making plans Fate The unexpected

Author

Robert Burns

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1785 1780s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Burns, Robert. "To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With the Plough." 1785.

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