<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=116683" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sic a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Fareweel to a' our Scottish fame,<br>Fareweel our ancient glory;<br>Fareweel to e'en our Scottish name<br>Sae fam'd in sang and story.<br>Now Sark rins tae th' Solway sands,<br>An' Tweed runs t' th' ocean..<br>Tae mark whaur England's Province stands:<br>Sic a parcel of rogues in a nation!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What force or guile could not subdue<br>Thro' many warlike ages,<br>Is wrought now by a coward few<br>For hireling traitor's wages.<br>The English steel we could disdain,<br>Secure in valour's station.<br>But English gold has been our bane:<br>Sic a parcel of rogues in a nation!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh, would or had I seen the day<br>That treason thus could sell us!<br>My auld grey head had lien in clay,<br>Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace!<br>But, pith and power, till my last hour,<br>I'll make this declaration:<br>We were bought and sold for English gold!<br>Sic a parcel of rogues in a nation!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Robert+Burns">Robert Burns</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=116683" data-title="Sic a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation de Robert Burns" data-description="Fareweel to a' our Scottish fame,/Fareweel our ancient glory;/Fareweel to e'en our Scottish name/Sae fam'd in sang and story./Now Sark rins tae th' Solway sands,/An' Tweed runs t' th' ocean../Tae mark whaur England's Province stands:/Sic a parcel ..."></div> </div> </div>

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