Verse 1st, Or to glorious victorie.
2nd, Chains—chains and slaverie.
3rd, Let him, let him turn and flee.
4th, Let him bravely follow me.
5th, But they shall, they shall be free.
6th, Let us, let us do, or die!
If you connect each line with its own verse, I do not think you will find that either the sentiment or the expression loses any of its energy.”
Acting upon these suggestions Burns altered his Poem to suit the music, but in simplicity and grandeur the first version was far superior to the second.
Bannockburn.
Robert Bruce’s address to his Army.