To a Mountain Daisy  23286

On Turning One Down, with the Plough, in April, 1786

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    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.
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Locations in Harold's Library

  • The Canongate Burns (book)
    • page 114
    • in "The Kilmarnock Edition, 1786"
    • Notes: followed by extensive notes
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