THOU flattring mark of friendship kind,
Still may thy pages call to mind
The dear, the beauteous donor;
Tho sweetly female evry part,
Yet such a head, and more the heart
Does both the sexes honour:
She showd her taste refind and just,
When she selected thee;
Yet deviating, own I must,
For sae approving me:
But kind still Ill mind still
The giver in the gift;
Ill bless her, an wiss her
A Friend aboon the lift.
100. Inscribed on a Work of Hannah Mores
written byRobert Burns
© Robert Burns