To Miss C+++++++++, a very young Lady
[last two lines of 'On the late Captain Grose's Peregrinations thro' Scotland collecting the Antiquities o that kingdom' see 3.6265]
To Miss C+++++++++, a very young Lady.-
Written on the blank leaf of a book presented to her by
the Author. -
Beauteous Rose-bud, young & gay,
Blooming on the early day,
Never mayst thou, lovely Flower,
Chilly shrink in sleety shower!
Never Boreas' hoary path,
Never Eurus 'pois' nous breath,
Never baleful Stellar Lights,
Taint thee with untimely blights !
Never, never reptile-thief
Riot on the virgin leaf!
Nor even Sol too fiercely view.
Thy bosom blushing still with dew!
Mayst thou long, sweet, crimson Gem,
Richly deck thy native Stem,
Till,
To Miss C+++++++++, a very young Lady.-
Written on the blank leaf of a book presented to her by
the Author. -
Beauteous Rose-bud, young & gay,
Blooming on the early day,
Never mayst thou, lovely Flower,
Chilly shrink in sleety shower!
Never Boreas' hoary path,
Never Eurus 'pois' nous breath,
Never baleful Stellar Lights,
Taint thee with untimely blights !
Never, never reptile-thief
Riot on the virgin leaf!
Nor even Sol too fiercely view.
Thy bosom blushing still with dew!
Mayst thou long, sweet, crimson Gem,
Richly deck thy native Stem,
Till,
Till some evening, sober, calm,
Dropping dews & breathing balm,
While all around the woodland rings,
And every bird thy requiem sings,
Thou, amid the dirgeful sound,
Shed thy dying honors round,
And resign to Parent Earth
The loveliest Form she e'er gave birth.-
________________
['Anna, thy charms' see 3.6266]
Dropping dews & breathing balm,
While all around the woodland rings,
And every bird thy requiem sings,
Thou, amid the dirgeful sound,
Shed thy dying honors round,
And resign to Parent Earth
The loveliest Form she e'er gave birth.-
________________
['Anna, thy charms' see 3.6266]
Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/195
- Alt. number
- 3.6265
- Date
- 1787
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
- Recipient
- Cruikshank, Jean
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/195
- Alt. number
- 3.6265
- Date
- 1787
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
- Recipient
- Cruikshank, Jean
Description
To Miss C+++++++++, a very young Lady.
The Title continues "the Author". Begins: "Beautious rose-bud, young and gay". 22 lines.
This Poem is subtitled by Burns "a very young lady - written on the blank leaf of a book, presented to her by the Author". She is Miss Cruikshank the twelve year old daughter of his landlord who helped him with his musical compositions, and who he addressed as "the sweet little rose-bud" (poem no 271)
In the first page Burns compares her to a "Rosebud" hoping that she will never suffer any discomfort or harm. Wishing for her a long life and beauty through the simile of a perfect flower.
William Cruikshank was a classics master at the High School who offered Burns lodgings when he first came to Edinburgh. His daughter Jean was an accomplished musician and singer who assisted Burns as he was developing his songs and compositions. He asked after her whenever he wrote to Cruikshank and wrote this poem to her.
On this page Burns copies out the last verse of the Poem where he envisages the "Rose" having a long and fulfilling life ending peacefully as she returns to enrich the earth from whence she came.
In the first page Burns compares her to a "Rosebud" hoping that she will never suffer any discomfort or harm. Wishing for her a long life and beauty through the simile of a perfect flower.
William Cruikshank was a classics master at the High School who offered Burns lodgings when he first came to Edinburgh. His daughter Jean was an accomplished musician and singer who assisted Burns as he was developing his songs and compositions. He asked after her whenever he wrote to Cruikshank and wrote this poem to her.
On this page Burns copies out the last verse of the Poem where he envisages the "Rose" having a long and fulfilling life ending peacefully as she returns to enrich the earth from whence she came.
Archive information
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- To Miss C+++++++++, a very young Lady
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