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TWA PU'D FLOWERS, by                    
First Line: I pu'd a flower in yonder vale
Last Line: "my violet, that droop'd, and died."
Subject(s): Flowers


I PU'D a flower in yonder vale,
Ae bonnie morn in June,
I set it gaily in my breist,
And bore it to the toun;
I kiss'd its velvet lips at e'en,
And laid it saftly by,
But when the day cam' round again,
Nae bonnie flower had I --
A' licht o' life had left its e'e --
Its sweet wee head hung dowiely.

A maiden gentle, sweet, and young,
And glad as opening day,
Was woo'd and won amang yon braes
That skirt oor native Tay.
Unto the toun, a rosy bride,
She cam' in Winter's train,
And ere the Autumn tinged the wolds
They tauld me she was gane;
"Ah! like my little flower," I sigh'd --
"My violet, that droop'd, and died."





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