 WEE, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem. To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonie gem. Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonie Lark, companion meet ! Bending thee...  The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life - Page 267by Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 394 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lucy Hooper - Flower language - 1842 - 304 pages
...BURNS. SMALL, modest, crimson-tipped flower, Thou'st met me in an evil hour, For I must crush among the stoure Thy slender stem : To spare thee now is past my power, Thou bonny gem ! Alas! 'tis not thy neighbour sweet, The bonny lark, companion meet, Bending... | |
 | English poetry - 1843 - 368 pages
...succession raise, her ornament and guard ! TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY. WEE, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou'st met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem ; To spare thee>.now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! it's not thy neebor sweet, The bonnie lark, companion... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Indians - 1844 - 680 pages
...A MOUNTAIN DAISY, ON TCRNINQ ONE DOWN WITH THE FLOCOB. "Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou 's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the...spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! its no' thy neebor sweet, The bonnie lark, companion meet ! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! Wi'... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1844 - 504 pages
...piece, Edward ; surely no one can read it without admiration ; " Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flower, Thou's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang...stoure Thy slender stem ; To spare thee now is past my power, Thou bonnie gem. AlasYitS no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie lark, companion meet, Bending thee... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 336 pages
...PLOUGH. Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou 's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush among the stoure Thy slender stem ; To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! its no' thy neebor sweet, The bonnie lark, companion meet ! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! Wi'... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Authors - 1844 - 334 pages
...A MOUNTAIN DAISY, OR TURNING ONE DOWN WITH THE FLOOOB. Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou 's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem j To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! its no' thy neebor sweet, The bonnie... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1845 - 484 pages
...and solemnity of the concluding verse. The proper companion to this short poem is that addressed ' To a Mountain Daisy, on turning one down with the Plough, in April, 1786 ;' but in that the execution is not so pure throughout, and the latter part runs somewhat into commonplace.... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pages
...On turning one down with tin. Plough, In April, 17M* WEE," modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou 'st met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoureP Thy slender stem ; To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! it 's noi thy... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 236 pages
...dew-drop nature gathers on its " snawie bosom, sunward spread!" " Wee, modest, crimson-tipped (lower, Thou's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang...slender stem; To spare thee now is past my pow'r. Thou bonuie gem. ' Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie Lark, companion meet, Bending thee 'mang... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1845 - 846 pages
...stage, With the visions of youth to revisit my age, And I wish you to grow on my tomb. -THOMAS CAMPBELL. TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY, ON TURNING ONE DOWN WITH THE PLOUGH IN APRIL 1786. WEE, modest, crimson-tipped flower, Thou's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem : To spare... | |
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