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Quotation from To a Mouse by Robert Burns

“The present only toucheth thee”

Robert Burns (spoken by The ploughman)

To a Mouse, Stanza 8 (Gutenberg #1279: Poems and Songs of Robert Burns (chronological arrangement))

The speaker envies the mouse because she is not troubled by memory or dread.

Citation: "The present only toucheth thee" — Robert Burns, To a Mouse, Stanza 8 (Gutenberg #1279: Poems and Songs of Robert Burns (chronological arrangement)). (id to-a-mouse-q4)

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