|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUCH A PARCEL OF ROGUES IN A NATION, by ROBERT BURNS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Farewell to a' our scottish fame Last Line: Such a parcel of rogues in a nation! Subject(s): Scotland - Relations With England; Treason & Traitors | |||
Farewell to a' our Scottish fame, Farewell our ancient glory; Farewell ev'n to the Scottish name, Sae fam'd in martial story. Now Sark rins over Solway sands, An' Tweed rins to the ocean, To mark where England's province stands -- Such a parcel of rogues in a nation! What force or guile could not subdue, Thro' many warlike ages, Is wrought now by a coward few, For hireling traitor's wages. The English stell we could disdain, Secure in valour's station; But English gold has been our bane -- Such a parcel of rogues in a nation! O would, or I had seen the day That Treason thus could sell us, My auld grey head had lien in clay, Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace! But pith and power, till my last hour, I'll mak this declaration; We're bought and sold for English gold -- Such a parcel of rogues in a nation! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WARNING; SUGGESTED BY THE CHRISTIANA (PA.) TREASON TRIALS by ALFRED GIBBS CAMPBELL CUM RATIONE INSANIRE by WILLIAM COWPER EPILOGUE TO 'THE UNHAPPY FAVOURITE, OR THE EARL OF ESSEX' by JOHN DRYDEN A RENEGADO EPISTLE TO THE INDEPENDENT AMERICANS by PHILIP FRENEAU ARNOLD'S DEPARTURE by PHILIP FRENEAU THE KINGS PROPHECY by JOSEPH HALL THE DYING OLD YEAR: 1867 by JANET HAMILTON TO THE WATCHMAN (ON A RECENT OCCASION) by HEINRICH HEINE A BARD'S EPITAPH by ROBERT BURNS A POET'S WELCOME TO HIS LOVE-BEGOTTEN DAUGHTER by ROBERT BURNS |
| |