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Cummin, Duff, Donald, Strathern, Hay and Keith,
And names would run fame's trumpet out of breath———
There Gordon, Lindsay, Crawford, Mar and Wem'ss,
With Seaton, Ramsay, Cuninghame, and Gra'ams,
Forbes, Ross, Murray, Bruce, Dunbar and Hume,
And names for whom no poet can make room[1].
And names would run fame's trumpet out of breath———
There Gordon, Lindsay, Crawford, Mar and Wem'ss,
With Seaton, Ramsay, Cuninghame, and Gra'ams,
Forbes, Ross, Murray, Bruce, Dunbar and Hume,
And names for whom no poet can make room[1].
P. 101. v. 488. The clan Campbell is characterised by the same author, in the following lines, which possess greater accuracy of fact, than poetical energy:
Campbells, the modern glory of this isle,
Their doubling fame increased in great Argyle———
A race to Caledonia always dear,
And on whose blood their liberties appear[2].
Their doubling fame increased in great Argyle———
A race to Caledonia always dear,
And on whose blood their liberties appear[2].
It is singular, that, notwithstanding the munificence of the princely family of Argyle, the Gaelic traditionary verses which record the achievements of the Clan-Campbell, have never been collected, and presented to the literary world. Some genealogists trace the Clan Oduibhne, or Campbell, to Mervin the Great, the son of King Arthur; others stop short at the warrior Diarmed Oduibhne[3].
P. 103. v. 540. The natives of Bute and Arran assume the name of Brandons, or Brandanes, from St. Brandon their patron saint. In old writings they are
- ↑ Defoe's Caledonia, p. 41.
- ↑ Ibid. p. 45.
- ↑ Buchanan of Auchmar's Inquiry into the Genealogy of ancient Scotish Surnames, p. 34.
