Sweet-breathed and young,
The people’s daughter,
No nerves unstrung,
Going to slaughter!
“Good morning, friends,
You ’ll love us better,—
Make us amends:
We ’ve burst your fetter!
“How the sun gleams!
(Women are snarling):
Give me your beams,
Liberty’s darling!
“Marie ’s my name;...
[James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, was executed in Edinburgh, May 21, 1650, for an attempt to overthrow the Commonwealth and restore Charles II.]
COME hither, Evan Cameron!
Come, stand behind my knee—
I hear the river roaring down
Toward the wintry sea.
There ’s shouting on the mountain-side,
There ’s war within the blast—
Old...
