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Página 245 - Then none was for a party — Then all were for the state ; Then the great man helped the poor. And the poor man loved the great ; Then lands were fairly portioned I Then spoils were fairly sold : The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old.
Página 191 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Página 192 - Cameron's gathering" rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes :— How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill ! but with the breath which fills Their mountain-pipe, so fill the mountaineers With the fierce native daring which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears!
Página 183 - The bride at the altar; Leave the deer, leave the steer, Leave nets and barges: Come with your fighting gear, Broadswords and targes. Come as the winds come when Forests are rended; Come as the waves come when Navies are stranded; Faster come, faster come, Faster and faster, Chief, vassal, page and groom, Tenant and master.
Página 192 - The foe! They come! they come!' And wild and high the "Cameron's gathering" rose, The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills...
Página 16 - Gathering of Men in Swarms,' and what prodigies they are in the habit of doing and believing, when thrown, into that miraculous condition.
Página xvi - Gaelic-speaking children, which have hitherto so largely influenced the system practised in the Highlands, ought to cease, and that a knowledge of that language ought to be considered one of the primary qualifications of every person engaged in the carrying out of the national system of education in Gaelic-speaking districts, whether as school inspectors, teachers, or compulsory officers.
Página 191 - Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Página 189 - Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of his country, I might be excused for lamenting him, more than any other person; but it is some consolation to those who tenderly loved him, that as his life was honourable, so was his death glorious. His memory will be recorded in the annals of his country — will be sacred to every British soldier, and embalmed in the recollection of a grateful posterity.
Página 172 - They are caught from the mountains when young, and still run with a surprising degree of swiftness. As they are strangers to fear, they make very good soldiers, when disciplined.