On a tree's "fair stem were mony names, which now nae mair I see, / But they're engraven on my heart--forgot they ne'er can be!"
— Oliphant, Carolina, Lady Nairne (1766-1845)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Charles Griffin
Date
1869
Metaphor
On a tree's "fair stem were mony names, which now nae mair I see, / But they're engraven on my heart--forgot they ne'er can be!"
Metaphor in Context
How fair wert thou in simmer time, wi' a' thy clusters white,
How rich and gay thy autumn dress, wi' berries red and bright;
On thy fair stem were mony names, which now nae mair I see,
But they're engraven on my heart--forgot they ne'er can be!
Oh! Rowan tree.
How rich and gay thy autumn dress, wi' berries red and bright;
On thy fair stem were mony names, which now nae mair I see,
But they're engraven on my heart--forgot they ne'er can be!
Oh! Rowan tree.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "engrav" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
03/08/2005
