...men : such, he might have added, as the noted robber Macpherson, of whom the old ballad says — " Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he : He played a spring, and danced it round Beneath the gallows tree." * Shakspeare's Rape of Lucretia. Among these traditional thieves the most...

...might have added, as the noted robber Macpherson, of whom the old ballad says — " Sae rantingly, sac wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he : He played a spring, and danced it round Beneath the gallows tree." Among these traditional thieves the most noted in England, or perhaps in...

...dark and strong, The wretch's destinie! Macpherson's time will not be long On yonder gallows-tree. Sae dauntingly gaed he; He played a spring, and danced it round. Below the gallows-tree. Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, On many a bloody plain I've dared his face, and...

...of start and strife, I die by treacherie ; It burns my heart — I must depart, And not avenged be. Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he : He played a spring, and danced it round Below the gallows tree. The low pensive tone in which the lines were sung, and the subject to which...

...The wretch's destinie ! Macpherson's time will not be long On yonder gallows-tree. Sae rantingly, sac wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he ; He played a spring, and danced it round, Below the gallows-tree. Oh, what is death but parting breath ? On many a bloody plain I've dared his...

...dark and strong, The wretch's destmie ! Macpherson's time will not be long On yonder gallows-tree. Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he ; He played a spring, and danced it round, Below the gallows-tree. Oh, what is Death but parting breath? On many a bloody plain I 've dared his...

...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 played a spring, and danced it round, Below the gallows-tree. Oh, what is Death but parting breath ? On many a bloody plain I've dared his...

...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 played a spring, and danced it round, Below the gallows-tree. Oh, what is Death but parting breath ? On many a bloody plain I've dared his...

...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 played a spring, and danced it rouud, Below the gallows-tree. Oh, what is Death but parting breath ? On many a bloody (>l;iin I 've...

...dark and strong, The wretch's destinie! Hacpherson's time will not be long On yonder gallows-tree. Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he ; He played a spring, and danced it round, Below the gallows-tree. Oh, what is Death but parting breath ? On many a bloody plain I've dared his...