scaffold quotes

'He is coming! he is coming!' Like a bridegroom from his room, Came the hero from his prison To the scaffold and the doom.

-William Edmonstoune Aytoun
  Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and other Poems,'The Execution of Montrose', stanza14.

I am as content to die for God's eternal truth on the scaffold as in any other way.

-John Brown
  Letter to his children on the eve of his execution, 2 Dec.

High upon the gallows tree Swung the noble-hearted three By the vengeful tyrant stricken in their bloom; But they met him face to face With the courage of their race, And they went with souls undaunted to their doom. 'God save Ireland!'said the heroes; 'God save Ireland', say they all: Whether on the scaffold high Or the battlefield we die, Oh, what matter when for Erin dear we fall.

-Timothy Daniel Sullivan
  'God Save Ireland'.