1785

Though his apology
Followed our Declaration,
Brother Burns was not
Speaking to our nation.

His frost-bit vindication
Was offered without reservation
To a mouse turned out of her habitation
In Scotland, in the winter.

His plow lifted her out of her nest.
So he said to the mouse on high,
‘The best-laid plans of mice,
And men, often go awry.’”

– Indy Beagle