...to without a strange half- barbarous, half-poetic fellowfeeling? ' Sae rantlnf/fy, sue wantonly, Sue dauntingly gaed he ; He play'da spring, and danced it round, Below the gallows tree' Under a lighter and thinner disguise, the same principle of Love, which we have recognised...

...dark and strong, The wretch's destinie ! M'Pherson's time will not be long, On yonder gallows tree. Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he ; He play'da spring and danc'd it round., JBeloiu the gallows tree. Oh, what is death but parting breath ? — On mony a bloody...

...dark atid strong, The wretch's destinie! Macpherson's time will not be long, On yonder gallows-tree. Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he...spring, and danced it round, Below the gallows-tree. 0 what is death but parting breath.' On many a bloody plain 1 have dar'd his face, and in this place...

...dark and strong. The wretch's destinie ! Macpherson's time will not be long, On yonder gallows-tree. Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he...spring, and danced it round, Below the gallows-tree. 0 what is death but parting breath ! On many a bloody plain 1 have dar'd his face, and in this place...

...bright, And all beneath the sky! May coward shame distain his name, The wretch that dares not die ! Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he ; He play'da spring, and danc'd it round, Below the gallows-tree. Inverness and Banff alike claim the honour of furnishing scene...

...dark and strong, The wretch's destinie ! Macpherson's time will not be long, On yonder gallows-tree. Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he ; He play'da spring, and danc'd it round,, Below the gallows-tree. Oh, what is death but parting breath ? — On many a bloody...

...bright, And all beneath the sky ! May coward shame distain his name, The wretch that dares not die ! Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he ; He play'da spring, and danc'd it round, Below the gallows-tree. [The fate of Macpherson is printed in almost every country...

...a soul; words that we never listen to without a strange half-barbarous, halfpoetic fellow-feeling ? Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he ; He play'da spring, and danced it round, JBelow the gallows tree. Under a lighter and thinner disguise, the same principle of Love, which we...

...and strong, The wretch's destinie : M'Pherson's time will not be long On yonder gallows tree. CHORUS. Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he ; He play'da spring and danc'd it round, Below the gallows tree. } Burns composed this song, which is printed in Cromek's Reliques,...

...to without a strange half-barbarous, half-poetic fellow-feeling ? Sae rantingly, sac wantonly, Sue dauntingly gaed he ; He play'da spring, and danced it round, Below the gallows tree. Under a lighter disguise, the same principle of Love, which we have recognised as the...