Minstrelsy of the Scottish border - National Library of Scotland

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A time shall arrive, after ages are past,
When thy turrets, dismantled, in ruins shall fall,
When, alas ! thro"* thy chambers shall howl the sea-blast.
And the thistle shall shake his red head in thy hall.
Shall this desolation strike thy towers alone ?
No, fair Ellandonan ! such ruin "'twill bring,
That the whirl shall have power to unsettle the throne,
And thy fate shall be link'd with the fate of thy King.
And great shall thy pride be, amid thy despair
To their Chief, and their Prince, still thy sons shall be tru(
The fruits of Kintail never victor shall share,
Nor its vales ever gladden an enemy's view.
And lovely thou shalt be, even after thy wreck ;
Thy battlements never shall cease to be grand ;
Their brown rusty hue the green ivy shall deck,
And as long as Skoorcwra's liigh top shall thev stand.
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