The lord of the isles . morn till mid-day in the Egremont for air must gasp,Beauchamp undoes his vizor-elasp,And Montague must quit his sinks thy falchion, hold De Yere !The blows of Berkley fall less fast,And gallant Pembrokes bugle-blast Hath lost its lively tone ;Sinks, Argentine, thy battle-word,And Percys shout was fainter , My merry-men fight on! XXVIII. Bruce, with the pilots wary eye, The slackening of the storm could spy. One effort more, and Scotlands free ! Lord of the Isles, my trust in theeIs firm as Ailsa Eock;Bush on with Highland sword and targe. 1
The lord of the isles . morn till mid-day in the Egremont for air must gasp,Beauchamp undoes his vizor-elasp,And Montague must quit his sinks thy falchion, hold De Yere !The blows of Berkley fall less fast,And gallant Pembrokes bugle-blast Hath lost its lively tone ;Sinks, Argentine, thy battle-word,And Percys shout was fainter , My merry-men fight on! XXVIII. Bruce, with the pilots wary eye, The slackening of the storm could spy. One effort more, and Scotlands free ! Lord of the Isles, my trust in theeIs firm as Ailsa Eock;Bush on with Highland sword and targe. 1 The adventures of the day are versified rather too literally Prom thecontemporary chronicles. Tin- following passa^r. however, is emphatic; andexemplifies what this authoi lias so often exemplified, the power of well-chosen, and well-arranged names, to excite lofty emotions, with Little aideither from sentiment or description.—Jeffrey. liir ) OF T 1. with my Carrick spearmen, charge;1Now, forward to the shock !*. At once the spears were forward thrown,Against the sun the broadswords shone;The pibroch lent its maddening tone,And loud King Roberts vx>ice was know] 1 When the engagement between the main bodies had lasted some time,Bruce made a decisive movement, by bringing up the Scottish reserve. Iti- traditionally said, that at this crisis, he addressed the Lord of the Isles ina phrase used as a motto by sunn- of Lis descendants, My trust is constanlin tin r. Barbour intimates, that the reserve assembled on one field, thatis, on the same line with the Scottish forces already engaged ; which leadsLord Ilailes to conjecture that the Scottish ranks must have been muchthinned by slaughter, since, in that circumscribed ground, there was room forthe reserve to fall into the line. But the advance of the Scottish cavalry musthave contributed a good deal to form the vacancy occupied by the reserve. THE LORD OF THE ISLES. Carrick, press on—they fail, they fail!Press on, brav
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