此诗写于1903年。叠韵，赋诗重用前韵。前两句写早梅有着高尚独特的品格，从不随波遂流，耻与群芳为伍。越是严寒末路，愈展英姿。具有反潮流的硬骨头精神。后两句写早梅虽然生长在艰苦的“溪山深处苍崖下”,却有自力更生，独立自主的骨气。无须东风之便，不借春风之力，依然斗雪迎春，有着先驱者精神境界。

《早梅叠韵》 宁调元

姹紫嫣红耻效颦，独从末路见精神。
溪山深处苍崖下，数点开来不借春。

An Early-Blossoming Plum Tree
Ning Diaoyuan

Not caring to imitate others in any way,
It brightens a corner of Nature's flower display.
By a brook deep in hills near a cliff,
It blossoms in dainty dots in the absence of spring.