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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WEE PRIMROSE, by HUGH MACDONALD
First Line: On a green mossy bank, 'neath a bonnie birk tree
Last Line: To soothe the bit heart o' his bonnie wee mate.
Subject(s): Primroses
First Line: On a green mossy bank, 'neath a bonnie birk tree
Last Line: To soothe the bit heart o' his bonnie wee mate.
Subject(s): Primroses
ON a green mossy bank, 'neath a bonnie birk tree,
By a burnie that danced to its ain voice o' glee,
A sweet yellow primrose, on March ope'd her e'en,
Like wee starnies o' gowd in a bricht clud o' green.
O sweet sang the merle in the hour o' her birth,
An' the lark tauld his joy frae the lift to the earth;
While the wud-mouse peep'd out frae a grey lichen'd stone,
To welcome the floo'r that bids winter begone.
Though March whussilt keen through the cauld drapeless wud,
The bonnie birk tree 'gan to smile an' to bud;
Sayin' Summer is near, since the primrose is come,
I'll don my green kirtle, an' welcome her home.
The wee robin cam' there wi' his sere-breasted bride,
An' they biggit their nest at the primrose's side;
An' sweet frae the birk tree he sang air an' late,
To soothe the bit heart o' his bonnie wee mate.
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