Song-such A Parcel Of Rogues In A Nation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD HIHIJDKDFAREWEEL to a' our Scottish fame | A |
Fareweel our ancient glory | B |
Fareweel ev'n to the Scottish name | A |
Sae fam'd in martial story | B |
Now Sark rins over Solway sands | C |
An' Tweed rins to the ocean | D |
To mark where England's province stands | C |
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation | D |
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What force or guile could not subdue | E |
Thro' many warlike ages | F |
Is wrought now by a coward few | E |
For hireling traitor's wages | F |
The English stell we could disdain | G |
Secure in valour's station | D |
But English gold has been our bane | G |
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation | D |
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O would or I had seen the day | H |
That Treason thus could sell us | I |
My auld grey head had lien in clay | H |
Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace | I |
But pith and power till my last hour | J |
I'll mak this declaration | D |
We're bought and sold for English gold | K |
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation | D |
Robert Burns
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