Throughout, the tone is tender and caring, and the poem celebrates the life of the child, while condemning the life-denying disapproval of members of the kirk who, Burns said, would 'ca' me ...
Syracuse, N.Y. – The mother of 17-year-old Karlianne Short wrote a poem in memory of her daughter that was read ... the darkness falls on me. The love in my heart is at war.
To a Mouse - for the majority of the poem there is a tone of compassion towards a fellow creature in need Tam O’Shanter - though apparently a moral lesson on the dangers of drink, the poem is ...