Yet while it ran to wud and thorns,

The feckless growth was seekin’

Some airt to cheenge its life until

A’ in a rose was beekin’.

“Is there nae way in which my life

Can mair to flooerin’ come,

And bring its waste on shank and jags

Doon to a minimum?

“It’s hard to struggle as I maun

For scrunts o’ blooms like mine,