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Quotation from To a Mouse by Robert Burns

“I’m truly sorry man’s dominion, Has broken nature’s social union, An’ justifies that ill opinion, Which makes thee startle”

Robert Burns (spoken by The ploughman)

To a Mouse, Stanza 2 (Gutenberg #1279: Poems and Songs of Robert Burns (chronological arrangement))

The speaker apologises for the way human rule has made animals fear people.

Citation: "I’m truly sorry man’s dominion, Has broken nature’s social union, An’ justifies that ill opinion, Which makes thee startle" — Robert Burns, To a Mouse, Stanza 2 (Gutenberg #1279: Poems and Songs of Robert Burns (chronological arrangement)). (id to-a-mouse-q1)

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