SONGS OF THE ROAD
131
(Lord, it was a fearsome day!)
To right and left we looked upon
All the lands of Stevenson—
Moidart, Morven, and Ardgour,
Ardshiel, Appin, and Mamore—
If their tale you wish to learn
Then to 'Kidnapped' you must turn.
Strange that one man's eager brain
Can make those dead lands live again!
From the deck we saw Glencoe,
Where upon that night of woe
William's men did such a deed
As even now we blush to read.
Ben Nevis towered on our right,
The clouds concealed it from our sight,
But it was comforting to say
That over there Ben Nevis lay.
Finally we made the land
At Fort William's sloping strand,
