Classic Poem

Tiny Posy, bright and fair,
Badge of friendship's tender care,
Pledge of kind and gentle heart,
Gems of nature, set by art;
Smiling group of lovely flowers,
From Bonaly's fairy bowers;
Types of youth and purity,
Oh, the joy ye bring to me!

Rose, come blush a deeper red,
Sweet carnation, raise thy head,
Slender harebell, nod and shake,
Lily, bend thy leaves to slake,
Mignonette and pansy fair,
With your fragrance scent the air,
While my thoughts in fancy roam
To your dear romantic home.

Memory conjures up the scene,
Holy, beauteous, and serene;
Mountain streamlet glist'ning clear,
Gurgles sweetly in mine ear;
Warbling bird and humming bee
Fill with music flower and lea;
Grassy banks with flowers besprent
Woo repose and calm content.

Bright parterres of flowers are seen,
Pathways lead through foliage green,
On to nature lone and still,
Furzy brae and heathy hill:
Fair Edina woos the eye,
Pentland's summits rise on high;
Grandeur, grace, and beauty reign,
O'er Bonaly's fair domain.