“Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie,
O, what a panic's in thy breastie!”

—  Robert Burns, To a Mouse

To a Mouse, st. 1 (1785)
Context: Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie,
O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
Wi' bickering brattle!

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Scottish poet and lyricist 1759–1796

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