M'Pherson's Rant
Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)
Farewell, ye dungeons dark 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'd a spring , and danc'd it round,
Below the gallows-tree.
O, what is death but parting breath?
On many a bloody plain
I've dared his face, and in this place
I scorn him yet again!
Sae rantingly, &c.
Untie these bands from off my hands,
And bring me to my sword;
And there's no a man in all Scotland
But I'll brave him at a word.
Sae rantingly, &c.
I've liv'd a life of sturt and strife;
I die by treacherie:
It burns my heart I must depart,
And not avenged be.
Sae rantingly, &c.
Now farewell light, thou sunshine bright,
And all beneath the sky!
May coward shame distain his name,
The wretch that dares not die!
Sae rantingly, &c.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | abac xccxc xbxbC xxxxC xcxcC xdxdC |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 800 |
Words | 151 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
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