toamountaindaisy, onturningdownwiththeplough,inapril,1786. wee,modestcrimson-tippedflow'r, thou'smetmeinanevilhour forimauncrushamangthestoure thyslenderstem: tosparetheenowispastmypow'r, thouboniegem. alas!it'snothyneiborsweet, thebonielark,companionmeet, bendingthee'mangthedewyweet, wi'spreckl'dbreast! whenupward-springing,blythe,togreet thepurplingeast. cauldblewthebitter-bitingnorth uponthyearly,humblebirth yetcheerfullythouglintedforth amidthestorm, scarcerear'dabovetheparent-earth thytenderform. theflauntingflow'rsourgardensyield, highshe'ringwoodsandwa'smaunshield butthou,beneaththerandombield o'clodorstane, adornsthehistiestibblefield, unseen,alane. there,inthyscantymantleclad, thysnawiebosomsun-wardspread, thouliftsthyunassuminghead inhumbleguise butnowtheshareuptearsthybed, andlowthoulies! suchisthefateofartlessmaid, sweetflow'retoftheruralshade! bylove'ssimplicitybetray'd, andguilelesstrust tillshe,likethee,allsoil'd,islaid lowi'thedust. suchisthefateofsimplebard, onlife'sroughoceanlucklessstarr'd! unskilfulhetonotethecard ofprudentlore, tillbillowsrage,andgalesblowhard, andwhelmhimo'er! suchfatetosufferingworthisgiv'n, wholongwithwantsandwoeshasstriv'n, byhumanprideorcunningdriv'n tomis'ry'sbrink tillwrench'dofev'rystaybutheav'n, he,ruin'd,sink! ev'nthouwhomourn'stthedaisy'sfate, thatfateisthine—nodistantdate sternruin'splough-sharedriveselate, fullonthybloom, tillcrush'dbeneaththefurrow'sweight, shallbethydoom!