Living

Inscribed On A Work Of Hannah More’s

by Robert Burns 1759–1796

From Poems and Songs, 1786

Living

Thou flatt’ring mark of friendship kind,
Still may thy pages call to mind
The dear, the beauteous donor;
Tho’ sweetly female ev’ry part,
Yet such a head, and more the heart
Does 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 still
The giver in the gift;
I’ll bless her, an’ wiss her
A Friend aboon the lift.

MLA

Burns, Robert. “Inscribed On A Work Of Hannah More’s.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/101/.

Chicago

Burns, Robert. “Inscribed On A Work Of Hannah More’s.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/101/.

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