 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 'mang the dewy weet ! Wi' spreckl'd...  Contributions to the Edinburgh Review - Page 411by Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...Warton. TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY. ON TURNING ONE DOWN WITH THE PLOUGH." WEE,7 modest, crimson-tipped flower, Thou's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure8 Thy slender stem ; To spare thee now is past my power, Thou bonnie9 gem. 1 Kaliburn — The... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 692 pages
...turn'd out, for a' thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranrench cauld ! " — vol. iii. p. 147. The verses to a Mountain...slender stem ; To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bounie gem ! " Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie Lark, companion meet ! Bending thee 'mang... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 pages
...derive their chief beauty from the same tone of sentiment. " Wee. modest, crimson-lipped flow'r, Thon'n met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the...slender stem ; To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bourne gem ! "Al»a! it's no thy nerbor sweet, Thf bonnie Lark, companion meet ! Bending thee 'mane... | |
 | 1846 - 374 pages
...printing was invented. "TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY." On turning one down with the plough, in April, 1786. " 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 !" Mark the... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY, TURNED DOWN BY A PLOUGH. — Bums. WEE, modest, crimson-tipped flower, Thou 's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure 3 Thy slender stem : To spare thee now is past my power, Thou bonnie gem ! Alas, it 's not thy neebor... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...turned down with his plough on a cold April morning : " Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou'st met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the...slender stem. To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Alas ! it 's no thy neboor sweet, The honnie lark, companion meet ! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet... | |
 | 1847 - 446 pages
...Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou's net me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stouro Thy slender stem. To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem '.' " " Tea, yes," exclaimed Lucy, " it must be allowed to be » bonnie gem, the very pearl of flowers... | |
 | 1847 - 436 pages
...honour of crowning it with immortal fame, since nothing can be more beautiful than Burns's address. " ' Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou's met me in an evil hour ; For 1 maun crush amang the stourc Thy slender stem . To «pare thce now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1847 - 862 pages
...since nothing cm be more beautiful than Burns's address. " ' Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou'i met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stourc Thy slender stem . To spare thce now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem !' " " Yes, yes," exclaimed... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1847 - 416 pages
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