“The best laid schemes o' mice and men
Gang aft a-gley”

— Robert Burns

To a Mouse, st. 7 (1785)
Source: Collected Poems of Robert Burns
Context: The best laid schemes o' mice and men
Gang aft a-gley;
And leave us naught but grief and pain
For promised joy.

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Scottish poet and lyricist 1759–1796

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