O my Luve is like a red, red rose / That’s newly sprung in June.
- Source
- A Red, Red Rose, 1794
- Written
- 1794
About this quotation
Burns’s song compares his love to a rose and to a melody, and promises to love “till a’ the seas gang dry”. It is written in Scots, where “luve” means love. It is a common choice for Valentine’s cards and for Burns Night on 25 January.