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Cairdean a tagirt an dilib,
'S an eirig fada gun dioladh.
Gur h-e mis' a th' air mo leonadh,
'S beag mo shunnd ri gabhail orain,
Mi mar chomhachaig gun solas,
Mar ian am brughach 'na onrachd,
Gun duin' a sheasamh mo chorach,
Khon a dhealich rium na connspuinn.
Sir Eachann 'tha thall air fogradh,
Is Ailain nach h-eil air morthir.
'S mis' a chorr an deidh a dathadh,
'S mi 'm onrachd air cheann an rathid ;
Mi gun clieol, gun ol, gun aighear,
Ach fo bhron gun solas beatha,
'S nach rolih mi 'choir cinneadh m' athar
Bhon a dh' f hogradh Clann-Ghilleain
As an duthich 's as an cathir ; —
Fath mo leoin bhur foirneart bratha.
Duileachd, doubt, suspicion. Corr, a crane.
Allan Maclean succeeded his father as 4th of
Brolas in 1725. He entered the army when
young. He was a Captain under the Earl of
Drumlanrigin Holland. He came home after the
peace of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748, and married
Una, daughter of Hector Maclean of Coll. He
served as a Captain in the Montgomerie High-
landers in America from 1757 to 1760. His wife
died during his absence. He served as a Major
in a regiment raised by Lord Southampton from
1 76 1 to the close of the Seven Years' Wai in
1763. He then retired from the army. He after-
wards attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.