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34 A KEPPOCH SONG. canto ii.
Napoleon's mode of modern days,
Who with such sounds his friends repays.
These new made Thanes on conquest bent,
Bad'noch's borders press, with intent
Me to expel mine ancient right,
Vassal Clan Chattan force to flight.
By this invasion rous'd anew,
War's glorious labours I pursue;
With Cawdor's thane an alliance form,
And Norway's bands invite to th' storm.
Now the dread battle's conflicts rage;
In bloody fields we Saxons engage;
From day to day our fortunes try,
With heart that scorns the scene to fly.
The Saxon host, with courage great,
On us they press with direful hate :
Rage and ambition fire Macbeth,
My Sumeried lies low in death.
A successive Surnerled then,
Wars fortune tries — but ah! in vain.
Fate's stern decree we could not foil,
Vict'ry on us refus'd to smile.
After much toil, and numbers slain,
Norway's forc'd to flee to the main.
Napoleon's mode of modern days,
Who with such sounds his friends repays.
These new made Thanes on conquest bent,
Bad'noch's borders press, with intent
Me to expel mine ancient right,
Vassal Clan Chattan force to flight.
By this invasion rous'd anew,
War's glorious labours I pursue;
With Cawdor's thane an alliance form,
And Norway's bands invite to th' storm.
Now the dread battle's conflicts rage;
In bloody fields we Saxons engage;
From day to day our fortunes try,
With heart that scorns the scene to fly.
The Saxon host, with courage great,
On us they press with direful hate :
Rage and ambition fire Macbeth,
My Sumeried lies low in death.
A successive Surnerled then,
Wars fortune tries — but ah! in vain.
Fate's stern decree we could not foil,
Vict'ry on us refus'd to smile.
After much toil, and numbers slain,
Norway's forc'd to flee to the main.
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| Description | A poem in five cantos: being the origin and history of the family, alias Donald, Lord of the Isles, carried down to its extinction, with a continuation of the family of Keppoch; the whole combined with the history of Scotland, with notes and references, and concluding with an analysis of the Scotch acts of Parliament, relative to the Douglas association; and an address to His Royal Highness the prince regent. By John Paul Macdonald. Montrose : Printed for the author by J. Watt, 1815. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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