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A Famous man is Robin Hood	A
The English ballad singer's joy	B
And Scotland has a thief as good	A
An outlaw of as daring mood	C
She has her brave ROB ROY	B
Then clear the weeds from off his Grave	D
And let us chant a passing stave	D
In honour of that Hero brave	D
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Heaven gave Rob Roy a dauntless heart	E
And wondrous length and strength of arm	F
Nor craved he more to quell his foes	G
Or keep his friends from harm	F
	-
Yet was Rob Roy as wise as brave	D
Forgive me if the phrase be strong	H
A Poet worthy of Rob Roy	B
Must scorn a timid song	H
	-
Say then that he was 'wise' as brave	D
As wise in thought as bold in deed	I
For in the principles of things	J
'He' sought his moral creed	I
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Said generous Rob What need of books	K
Burn all the statutes and their shelves	L
They stir us up against our kind	M
And worse against ourselves	L
	-
We have a passion make a law	N
Too false to guide us or control	O
And for the law itself we fight	P
In bitterness of soul	O
	-
And puzzled blinded thus we lose	Q
Distinctions that are plain and few	R
These find I graven on my heart	E
'That' tells me what to do	R
	-
The creatures see of flood and field	S
And those that travel on the wind	M
With them no strife can last they live	T
In peace and peace of mind	M
	-
For why because the good old rule	U
Sufficeth them the simple plan	V
That they should take who have the power	W
And they should keep who can	V
	-
A lesson that is quickly learned	X
A signal this which all can see	Y
Thus nothing here provokes the strong	H
To wanton cruelty	Y
	-
All freakishness of mind is checked	Z
He tamed who foolishly aspires	A2
While to the measure of his might	P
Each fashions his desires	A2
	-
All kinds and creatures stand and fall	B2
By strength of prowess or of wit	C2
'Tis God's appointment who must sway	D2
And who is to submit	C2
	-
Since then the rule of right is plain	E2
And longest life is but a day	D2
To have my ends maintain my rights	F2
I'll take the shortest way	D2
	-
And thus among these rocks he lived	G2
Through summer heat and winter snow	H2
The Eagle he was lord above	I2
And Rob was lord below	H2
	-
So was it 'would' at least have been	J2
But through untowardness of fate	K2
For Polity was then too strong	H
He came an age too late	K2
	-
Or shall we say an age too soon	L2
For were the bold Man living 'now'	L2
How might he flourish in his pride	M2
With buds on every bough	N2
	-
Then rents and factors rights of chase	O2
Sheriffs and lairds and their domains	P2
Would all have seemed but paltry things	J
Not worth a moment's pains	P2
	-
Rob Roy had never lingered here	Q2
To these few meagre Vales confined	M
But thought how wide the world the times	R2
How fairly to his mind	M
	-
And to his Sword he would have said	S2
Do Thou my sovereign will enact	T2
From land to land through half the earth	U2
Judge thou of law and fact	T2
	-
'Tis fit that we should do our part	E
Becoming that mankind should learn	L2
That we are not to be surpassed	V2
In fatherly concern	L2
	-
Of old things all are over old	W2
Of good things none are good enough	X2
We'll show that we can help to frame	Y2
A world of other stuff	X2
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I too will have my kings that take	Z2
From me the sign of life and death	A3
Kingdoms shall shift about like clouds	B3
Obedient to my breath	A3
	-
And if the word had been fulfilled	C3
As 'might' have been then thought of joy	B
France would have had her present Boast	D3
And we our own Rob Roy	B
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Oh say not so compare them not	E3
I would not wrong thee Champion brave	D
Would wrong thee nowhere least of all	B2
Here standing by thy grave	D
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For Thou although with some wild thoughts	F3
Wild Chieftain of a savage Clan	L2
Hadst this to boast of thou didst love	I2
The 'liberty' of man	L2
	-
And had it been thy lot to live	T
With us who now behold the light	P
Thou would'st have nobly stirred thyself	T
And battled for the Right	P
	-
For thou wert still the poor man's stay	D2
The poor man's heart the poor man's hand	G3
And all the oppressed who wanted strength	H3
Had thine at their command	G3
	-
Bear witness many a pensive sigh	T
Of thoughtful Herdsman when he strays	I3
Alone upon Loch Veol's heights	F2
And by Loch Lomond's braes	F2
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And far and near through vale and hill	J3
Are faces that attest the same	Y2
The proud heart flashing through the eyes	F2
At sound of ROB ROY'S name	Y2

William Wordsworth

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