Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 100. Inscribed on a Work of Hannah More’s |
| | | | | Presented to the Author by a Lady. |
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| 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 | 5 |
| 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: | 10 |
| But kind still I’ll mind still | |
| The giver in the gift; | |
| I’ll bless her, an’ wiss her | |
| A Friend aboon the lift. | |
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