Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? — Let him turn, and flee! Wha for Scotland's King and Law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand or freeman fa', Let him follow me! The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns - Page 316by Robert Burns, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1900 - 442 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Burns - 1800 - 460 pages
...hour; See the front o' battle lour ; See approach proud Edward's power— Edward! chains and slaverie ! Wha will be a traitor knave ? Wha can fill a coward's grave ? Wha sae base as be a slave ? Traitor ? coward! turn and flee ! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw,... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1800 - 1008 pages
...wi' Wallace bled; Scots, wham Bruce has aftcn led, Welcome to your gory bed, Or to glorious vidorie ! Now 's the day, and now 's the hour; See the front o' battle lour ; See approach proud Edward's pow'r ! Edward ! chains and flaverie ! Wha will be a traitor knave ? Wha can fill a coward's grave... | |
| David Irving - English poetry - 1804 - 524 pages
...See the front o' battle lour ; See approach proud Edward's power— ~ Edward ! chains and slaverie ! Wha' will be a traitor knave ? Wha can fill a coward's grave ? Wha sae base as be a slave ? Traitor ! coward ! turn and flee ! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly... | |
| History - 1807 - 800 pages
...Wallace bled ; Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, Welcome to your gory bed, Or to glorious violorie ! Now 's the day, and now 's the hour; See the front o' battle lour ; See approach proud Edward's pow'r ! Edward ! chains and fiaverie ! Wha will be a traitor knave ? Wha can fill a coward's grave... | |
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...hour; See the front o' battle lower; See approach proud Edward's powerEdward ! chains and slaverie ! Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave ? Traitor! coward ! turn and flee ! Free-man stand, or free-man fa', Caledonian ! on wi' me ! By oppression's... | |
| Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...hour; See the front of battle lour; See approach proud Edward's power— Edward! chains, and slavery! Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave?— ' Traitor! coward! turn and flee! Wha, for Scotland's king and law, Freedom's sword will strongly draw?... | |
| England - 1839 - 870 pages
...the hour; See the front of battle low'r, Sec approach proud Edward's pow'r, Chains and slavery ! " Wha will be a traitor knave '! Wha can fill a coward's...sae base as be a slave ? — Let him turn and flee ! " Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw? Freeman stand, or freeman fa'... | |
| Robert Burns - 1819 - 658 pages
...battle lour ; See approach proud Edward's power—- Chains and slavery ! Wha will be a traitor-knave ? Wha can fill a coward's grave ? Wha sae base as be a slave ? Let him turn and flee ! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw. Free-man stand, or Free-man fa',... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...See the front of battle lower; See approach proud Edward's power — Edward ! chains and slaverie ! Wha will be a traitor knave ? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave .' Traitor ! coward ! turn and flee ! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly... | |
| Arminianism - 1877 - 1006 pages
...language which has been rendered familiar by our national poet.— ' Wha wad be a traitor knaTe, Wha wad fill a coward's grave, Wha sae base as be a slave, Let him turn and flee.' But wh ile I say that th is might hare been the befitting language of Bruce in straggling for the liberties... | |
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