Historical and genealogical account of the Clan Maclean

HISTORICAL NOTICES. 205
under which their forefathers unfurled the clan
banner " o'er Morven's dark heath " in the year
of Prince Charles : —
Banners are waving o'er Morven's dark heath,
Claymores are flashing from manyja sheath.
Hark ! 'tis the gath'ring ! On ! onward ! they cry ;
Far flies the signal, " To conquer, or die."
Then follow thee ! follow ! a boat to the sea !
Thy Prince in glen Moidart is waiting for thee;
Where war-pipes are sounding and banners are free ;
Maclean* and his clansmen the foremost you'll see.
Wildly the war-cry has startled yon stag,
And waken'd the echos of Gillean's lone crasr:
Up hill and down glen each brave mountaineer
Has belted his plaid and mounted his spear.
Then follow thee ! follow ! &c.
The signal is heard from mountain to shore,
They rush like the flood o'er dark Corry- Volir ;
The war-note is sounding loud, wildly, and hio-h •
Louder they shout, " On ! to conquer or die."
Then follow thee ! follow ! &c.
The heath-bell at morn so proudly ye trod,
Son of the mountain, now covers thy sod;
Wrapt in your plaid, mid the bravest ye lie;
The words as ye fell, still to conquer or die !
Then follow thee ! follow ! &c.
* Miss Ross will pardon the liberty here taken in the
alteration of spelling the name ; but as " the gathering " in
Forty-five consisted chiefly, if not wholly, of Macleans,
perhaps she will think (her words being in other respects
altogether so well suited to the occasion) the adaptation
of the name correctly spelt not inapposite.