"That insists on bursting thro'?"
A desp'rate man whom none may withstand,
For look, there is something clench'd in his hand—-
Tho' the bearer is ready to drop—-
He waves it wildly to and fro,
And hark! how the crowd are shouting below—-
"Back!"—-
And back the opposing barriers go,
"A reprieve for the Cannongate murderer Ho!
"In the Queen's name—-