• To a Mountain Daisy. by Robert Burns. ... Ev'n thou who mourn'st the Daisy's fate, That fate is thine - no distant date; Stern Ruin's plough-share drives elate
  • To a Mountain Daisy Wee, modest, crimson-tippèd flow'r, Thou's met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem...
  • Overall, “To a Mountain Daisy” is a meditation on the fleeting nature of life, and the importance of finding beauty in the world around us.
  • Notes to the poem: Mr. Chambers says: "The 'Mountain Daisy' was composed, as the poet has related, at the plough.
  • To A Mountain Daisy. 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...
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  • To A Mountain Daisy. Wee, modest, crimson-tipp èd flow'r, Thou's met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure. Thy slender stem
  • Home ⇒ Robert Burns ⇒ To A Mountain Daisy. To A Mountain Daisy. ON TURNING ONE DOWN WITH THE PLOUGH, IN APRIL, 1786.
  • To A Mountain Daisy is a poem written by Robert Burns in 1786 and read here by Maureen Beattie.