Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1893 — AN UNPUBLISHED [?]OEM BY SCOTT. [ARTICLE]

AN UNPUBLISHED [?]OEM BY SCOTT.

* The following lament for Glengarry was written by Sir Walter Scott, and has never been published until its appearance in the current Blackwood’s, having remained in the possession of the family ever since it was composed. Under date of Mavis Bank. Kothesov, April 17, 1893, Miss Macdonell writes: “My father died in January, 182 S, and my mother came to Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, where she lived fiom May, 1828, to May, 1830. It was th- re I first saw th l ‘Death Song.’ and was -told by mother that Sir Walter Scott had written it and sent it to her. I believe she got it soon a ter ws all came south io May. 1828, and it has always been in whatsv t r houses we lived ever since,“ glexqarky’s death soso. Land of the Gael, thv glory has flown! For the star from the Nonh from its orbit is thrown; Dark, dark is thy sorrow, and hopeless thy pain, For no star e’er sh 11 beam with its lustre again. Glenga ry—Glengarry is gone evermore, Glengarry—Glengarry « e'll ever deplore. OteU of the wu-rior who nev. r did yield, O tell of the chief who was falchion and shiel t, O think of the patr ot. most ardent and kind; Then sgh for Glengatry in whom all were joined. The chieftains may gather—the combatants call, One champion is absent—that champi n was all; The bright eye of genius and valor rosy flame, Bnt who now shall light it to ho .or and fame? See the light bark how tcss’d! she’s wrecked on the Wave! See dauntless Glengarry on the verge of the grave! Bee his .eap—see that gash, and that eye now so aim! And thy heart must be steel’d. If it bleed not for him. Arise thou young branch of so noble a stem, Obscurity marks not the worth of a gem; O hear toe last wish of th father for thee: “Be all to thy country, G engarry should be.” Why sounds the loud pibroch, why tolls the death bell, Why crowd our bold clansmen to Garry’s green vale? ’Tis to mourn for their chiof— for Glengarry the brave, Tis to tell that a hero is laid in his grave. 0! hoard ye that anthem, slow, pealing on hi.’h! The shades of the valiaut are come fiom the sky, And the Genii of Gaeldoch are first in the throng, O list to the theme of their seria! song. It’s “welcome Glengarry, the clansmen’s fast friend.” It’s “welcome to joys that shall ne’er have an end, The halls of great Odin are open to thee, 0 welcome Glengarry, the gallant aud free.”