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canto Hi. A KEPPOCH SONG. 5?
To the King I'm forc'd to resign
My property — ev'n all was mine;
Who the Earldom of Ross does keep*,
Annex'd to th' crown, to feed his sheep;
Th' remains they restore as a fief,
Held of the crown by ward and relief;
I, as a servant, to turn the roast,
Mine ancient independence lost.
I, who, until the Stewart's rule,
Had liv'd with sovereign controul,
My title of Donald they do take,
Forbid the clans another to make,
And thereby break the ancient right j",
Whereby my clans with me unite.
Me from mine own blood they do part,
Thereby to break my very heart;
My own clan into four divide,
That ancient order may subside.
The four by seniority,
Myself, without authority,
Them I shall name, in order, hear ye,
Keppoch, Clanranald, Sleat, Glengary:
Thus the shoots from the root sever'd;
Soon, alas! my stem is wither'd.
* Holinshed. t Act of Parliament, 147,6,
To the King I'm forc'd to resign
My property — ev'n all was mine;
Who the Earldom of Ross does keep*,
Annex'd to th' crown, to feed his sheep;
Th' remains they restore as a fief,
Held of the crown by ward and relief;
I, as a servant, to turn the roast,
Mine ancient independence lost.
I, who, until the Stewart's rule,
Had liv'd with sovereign controul,
My title of Donald they do take,
Forbid the clans another to make,
And thereby break the ancient right j",
Whereby my clans with me unite.
Me from mine own blood they do part,
Thereby to break my very heart;
My own clan into four divide,
That ancient order may subside.
The four by seniority,
Myself, without authority,
Them I shall name, in order, hear ye,
Keppoch, Clanranald, Sleat, Glengary:
Thus the shoots from the root sever'd;
Soon, alas! my stem is wither'd.
* Holinshed. t Act of Parliament, 147,6,
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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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