Thou flatt’ring mark of friendship kind,Still may thy pages call to mindThe dear, the beauteous donor;Tho’ sweetly female ev’ry part,Yet such a head, and more the heartDoes both the sexes honour:She show’d her taste refin’d and just,When she selected thee;Yet deviating, own I must,For sae approving me:But kind still I’ll mind stillThe giver in the gift;I’ll bless her, an’ wiss herA Friend aboon the lift.
1786 · Poem
Inscribed on a Work of Hannah More’s
Presented to the Author by a Lady
- Year
- 1786
- Form
- Poem
- Location
- Mossgiel
- Source
- Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns