    But Mousie, thou are 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!

-- Rabbie Burns, in To a Mouse, November 1785

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Rabbie Burns: Comments by Tom McRae {*}

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a native Edinburgh lad, who fled to warmer climes;
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