Luath Kilmarnock Edition: Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect by John Cairney

Author:John Cairney [Burns, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Poetry by individual poets
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
Published: 2013-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

TO A MOUSE

On turning her up in her Nest, with the Plough,

November 1785

WEE, sleeket, cowran, tim’rous beastie,

O, what a panic’s in thy breastie!

Thou need na start awa sae hasty,

Wi’ bickering brattle!

I wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee,

Wi’ murd’ring pattle!

I’m truly sorry Man’s dominion

Has broken Nature’s social union,

An’ justifies that ill opinion,

Which makes thee startle,

At me, thy poor, earth-born companion,

An’ fellow-mortal!

I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve;

What then? poor beastie, thou maun live!

A daimen-icker in a thrave

’S a sma’ request:

I’ll get a blessin wi’ the lave,

An’ never miss’t!

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