Robert Burns

Name: Speech of King Robert the Bruce to his troops, to urge them on to fight with King Edward II. and his formidable host, at the ever memorable Battle of Bannockburn, fought on the 25th of June, 1314
Author: Robert Burns

Speech of King Robert the Bruce to his troops… (1798)

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“Speech of King Robert the Bruce to his troops, to urge them on to fight with King Edward II. and his formidable host, at the ever memorable Battle of Bannockburn, fought on the 25th of June, 1314”, published in 1798, is a work by Robert Burns.

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Robert Burns, Speech of King Robert the Bruce to his troops… (1798)

“ By your sons in servile chains,
We will drain our dearest veins,
But they shall, they shall be free!
VI.
Lay the proud usurpers low!
Tyrants fall in every foe!
Liberty's in every blow!
Forward! let us do, or die! ”

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