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That charming isle! the distant sight deceives,
Which floats, like Delos, on the ambient waves:
There Delos' god, deceived, first pours his beams,
The dome so like his ancient temple seems.
Clyde, now a sea, affects a wide command,
And far his mighty arms invade the land;
Far pour his lakes, and pierce the solid ground!
Scarce their wide sway the heathy mountains bound;
Where Campbells, sprung of old O'Dubin's race,
Old as their hills, still rule their native place. 480
No ancient chief could, like O'Dubin, wield
The weighty war, or range the embattled field;
Unmoving bear the shock of charging foes,
Pierce thronged battalions, or their ranks inclose.
Hence the admiring Gaul, preserved in sight
From furious Normans by the hero's might,
Him Campbell called; and no heroic name
Is farther heard, or better known to fame.
Descended from the same illustrious line,
See noble Loudon, first of heroes, shine: 490
Far distant realms his matchless prowess own,
Who propped the tottering Lusitanian throne.
Mark Ardencaple, noble Frederick's seat;
A chief politely wise, humanely great:
Which floats, like Delos, on the ambient waves:
There Delos' god, deceived, first pours his beams,
The dome so like his ancient temple seems.
Clyde, now a sea, affects a wide command,
And far his mighty arms invade the land;
Far pour his lakes, and pierce the solid ground!
Scarce their wide sway the heathy mountains bound;
Where Campbells, sprung of old O'Dubin's race,
Old as their hills, still rule their native place. 480
No ancient chief could, like O'Dubin, wield
The weighty war, or range the embattled field;
Unmoving bear the shock of charging foes,
Pierce thronged battalions, or their ranks inclose.
Hence the admiring Gaul, preserved in sight
From furious Normans by the hero's might,
Him Campbell called; and no heroic name
Is farther heard, or better known to fame.
Descended from the same illustrious line,
See noble Loudon, first of heroes, shine: 490
Far distant realms his matchless prowess own,
Who propped the tottering Lusitanian throne.
Mark Ardencaple, noble Frederick's seat;
A chief politely wise, humanely great:
