 | Charles A. Knight - 2004 - 341 páginas
...the fiddler for the evening. It is the bard, the hero of the piece, who articulates its final moral: A fig for those by law protected! Liberty's a glorious...were erected. Churches built to please the priest. (lines 306-09) The Saturnalian occasion of the poem could hardly be more pronounced. It takes place,... | |
 | Murray Pittock - 2008 - 306 páginas
...and others have noted, Burns's similarity to Blake is compelling. The two often sound almost alike: 'A fig for those by LAW protected, LIBERTY'S a glorious...were erected | CHURCHES built to please the Priest', as Burns puts it in 'Love and Liberty' (K84, 11. 278-8 1 ). These two poems (K84, K108) were not published... | |
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CHORUS. A fig for those by law protected ! Liberty's a glorious feast ! Courts for cowards were erected, Churches built to please the priest. 
