John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4749 Robert Burns 1759-1796 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4749 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burns (1759–1796) |
| QUOTATION: | Stern Ruin’s ploughshare drives elate Full on thy bloom. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | To a Mountain Daisy. |
| Note 1. See Young, Quotation 53. [back] |