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QUEEN MARY'S ESCAPE FROM LOCHLEVEN CASTLE.
Words by Kobert Allan. Highland Boat Air.
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row with speed, For now is the time and the hour of need!
Those pond'rous keys * shall the kelpies keep,
And lodge in their caverns dark and deep ;
Nor shall Lochleven's towers or hall,
Hold thee, our lovely lady, in thrall ;
Or be the haunt of traitors, sold,
While Scotland has hands and hearts so bold:
Then steersmen, steersmen, on with speed,
For now is the time and the hour of need !
Hark ! the alarum bell hath rung,
And the warder's voice hath treason sung!
The echoes to the falconet's roar,
Chime sweetly to the dashing oar :
Let tower, and hall, and battlements gleam,
We steer by the light of the taper's beam ;
For Scotland and Mary, on with speed,
Now, now is the time and hour of need !
* The keys here alluded to, were lately found by some fishermen, and are now in the pos-
session of a Kinross-shire laird.