Ossian Collection > Original collection of the poems of Ossian, Orrann, Ulin, and other bards, who flourished in the same age

SOCIETY OF TRUE HIGHLANDERS-
A METRICAL EFFUSION.
Im lov'd Wilhelmia *, near whose mural pile^
Proud Lochy's tides with eddying surges boil,
Where Caledonia's regal g.randeur shone,
AVhen old Achaius sway'd the Scotian throne,
Conven'd the mountain. patriot's faithful band,
And pledg'd th' endearing tie with heart and band;
A tie that calls to mind primseval days,
And rites of sires that won immortal praise.
Chiefs, sprung from kings, in friendship's league combiBCj
Leaders and heads of many a glorious line ;
The first in state, in worth, in cultur'd mind,
For peace, for war, in court and camp rcfin'd,
* Wilhelmia, or Gulielmia, Fortwilliam in Inverness-shire, where the
socifety of True Highlanders was formed by Colonel Macdonell of Glen-
garry, chief of the Clan-donnell, XVIIth ]\lac-Mhic-Alastair, and
Ceann-Suidlie, or preses of the meeting.