The Works of The Ettrick Shepherd Centenary Edition. With a Memoir of the Author, by the Rev. Thomas Thomson ... Poems and Life. With Many Illustrative Engravings [by James Hogg] |
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“Now is the time!” the soldiers cried,
“While Albyn's army is employ'd
In joyful rite, and must repass
Yon straits with all their force in mass!”—
The chiefs gave way, and join'd the flame,
For why, their notions were the same;
And thus their army moved away
To set the battle in array.
“While Albyn's army is employ'd
In joyful rite, and must repass
Yon straits with all their force in mass!”—
The chiefs gave way, and join'd the flame,
For why, their notions were the same;
And thus their army moved away
To set the battle in array.
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