. Renaissance of the clan Maclean. Comprising also a history of Dubhaird Caisteal and the Great Gathering on August 24, 1912. Together with an appendix, containing letters of Gen'l Allan Maclean, narrative of an American party, a MacLean bibliography. [With plates, including portraits.]. id it welcome agaiiT^ in. its place up on high, To brave the four, winds with its Conquer or Die! Repeat it, Ben Neyis, to Cruachan-Ben ! The flag of Maclean floats oer Duart again ! From the ends of the earth the leal clansmen have come;At the voice of their Chief they have hasted them , softly they tr
. Renaissance of the clan Maclean. Comprising also a history of Dubhaird Caisteal and the Great Gathering on August 24, 1912. Together with an appendix, containing letters of Gen'l Allan Maclean, narrative of an American party, a MacLean bibliography. [With plates, including portraits.]. id it welcome agaiiT^ in. its place up on high, To brave the four, winds with its Conquer or Die! Repeat it, Ben Neyis, to Cruachan-Ben ! The flag of Maclean floats oer Duart again ! From the ends of the earth the leal clansmen have come;At the voice of their Chief they have hasted them , softly they tread on the blood-hallowed sodWhere battled their fathers for Freedom and God!The dim, mighty Past lives again in this day;Each kindling heart yields to its Greatening sway!And homing Clan-Gillean exults, unto pain,As the flag of Maclean soars oer Duart again ! In the midst of his Clan, in the halls of his sires,The proud Chief of Duart lights old glorys fires !But ever he turns his rapt gaze toward the blue,With the mist in his eye and the joy shining through,To see, at long last, the desire of his heart!How kind Heaven has loved him ! To give, for his partIn the fame of his Clan, thro the ages long ken—That the flag of Maclean floats oer Duart again ! 74 Gathering of The o in & Gathering of The Clan. 75 And the sunshine that glows over Mull on this day Shedding magical radiance oer headland and bay, Is more than the sheen of the sun in the sky— Tis the gladness of hosts that are hovering nigh, Tis the smile of our heroes of hundreds of years. Looking on, through the veil betwixt our world and theirs, And sharing the joy and the pride of Maclean That the flag of their clan floats oer Duart again ! After the cheering had subsided, Mr. Neil Maclean steppedforward and recited his original poem in Gaelic: Suas le bratach mo ghaoil, Nach faic sibh icrathadh s a ghaoith; Bratach nan Leathanach calma Do nach bu dual a bhi cearbach na claon. Nach sinn thug an turns, a chuide
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