The raid of Albyn, a poem, with notes by D. Campbell |
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The Raid of Albyn, a Poem, With Notes by D. Campbell William D. Campbell Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2019 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Albyn Allastair ancient Argyll arms army band bard battle battle of Culloden beneath blade bold bosom bothy brave Breadalbane Caledonians Camerons CANTO Celt Celtic charters chief chieftain clan clan Cameron Clan Donald clansmen claymore clearances cleek command court Culloden daring deeds disgrace district Druids earth English expatriated father feel feudal fire Gael Gaelic glen Glengarry Glenorchy Guileag hand happiness heart heroes Highland hill honour IAIN LOM Iona John Glas justice kindred kings kings of Scotland land Lawers laws leister live Lochaber Lochiel lonely lord Lowlands Mac Colla Macintosh manly ment Moidart mountain nation native ne'er never Note o'er oppression patriarchal pibroch poor proprietors race rent salmon Saxon scenes Scotland sheep sheiling Sir Ewen soil spirit strath strength Sutherland sword thine thou tide Twas usurpation virtues voice warriors wild
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Seite 179 - tween the dark hills creeps the small clear stream, In arms around the patriarch banner rally, Nor see the moon on royal tombstones gleam. When the bold kindred, in the time long vanish'd, Conquered the soil and fortified the keep,— No seer foretold the children would be banish'd That a degenerate lord might boast his sheep.
Seite 84 - It is wonderful how in such precipitate rapidity of the fingers, the musical proportions are preserved, and, by their art, faultless throughout. In the midst of their complicated modulations and most intricate arrangement of notes, by a rapidity so sweet, a regularity so irregular, a concord so discordant, the Melody is rendered harmonious and perfect...
Seite 178 - Listen to me, as when ye heard our father Sing long ago the song of other shores — Listen to me, and then in chorus gather All your deep voices, as ye pull your oars: CHORUS. Fair these broad meads — these hoary woods are grand; But we are exiles from our fathers
Seite 84 - ... are struck together. Yet they always begin in a soft mood, and end in the same, that all may be perfected in the sweetness of delicious sounds. They enter on, and again leave, their modulations with so much subtlety, and the...
Seite xvi - The consternation and confusion were extreme ; little or no time was given for removal of persons or property — the people striving to remove the sick and the helpless before the fire should reach them — next, struggling to save the most valuable of their effects. The cries of the women and children — the roaring of the affrighted cattle, hunted at the same time by the yelling dogs of the shepherds amid the smoke and fire — altogether presented a scene that completely baffles description...
Seite 179 - O then for clansmen true, and stern claymore, The hearts that would have given their blood like water, Beat heavily beyond the Atlantic roar. Fair these broad meads — these hoary woods are grand : But we are exiles from our fathers
Seite 117 - Court. This was formed of burgesses from Edinburgh, and three other towns, who met at Haddington, to judge on such appeals.* There was one abuse, however, which rendered every court of justice nugatory ! It had become a custom for the Scottish monarchs to bestow on their favourites not only estates, but powers and privileges equal to their own. These were styled " Lords of Regalities :" they formed courts around them, had numerous officers of state, and tried, executed, or pardoned the greatest criminals.
Seite 147 - Many deaths ensued from alarm, from fatigue, and cold; the people being instantly deprived of shelter, and left to the mercy of the elements. Some old men took to the woods and...
Seite 92 - For what thou hast been : for the dead who rot Around the fragments of thy towers sublime, Once taught the world, and sway'd the realm of thought, And ruled the warriors of each northern clime.
Seite xvi - Golspie, and the whole parish of Kildonan. I was an eye-witness of the scene. The calamity came on the people quite unexpectedly. Strong parties for each district, furnished with faggots and other combustibles, rushed on the dwellings of the devoted people, and immediately commenced setting fire to them, proceeding in their work with the greatest rapidity, till about three hundred houses were in flames.