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Description: | This Poem is subtitled by Burns 'a very young lady - written on the blank leaf of a book, presented to her by the Author'. She is Miss Cruikshank the twelve year old daughter of his landlord who helped him with his musical compositions, and who he addressed as 'the sweet little rose-bud' (poem no 271)
William Cruikshank was a classics master at the High School who offered Burns lodgings when he first came to Edinburgh. His daughter Jean was an accomplished musician and singer who assisted Burns as he was developing his songs and compositions. He asked after her whenever he wrote to Cruikshank and wrote this poem to her.
On this page Burns copies out the last verse of the Poem where he envisages the 'Rose' having a long and fulfilling life ending peacefully as she returns to enrich the earth from whence she came. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1787-01-01 - 1787-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Poem by Robert Burns: 'To Miss Cruikshan | Go to resource |
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