LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. RUINS OF DOUNE CASTLE. - From the Ardoch "Sooth was my prophecy of fear; Believe it when it augurs cheer" Ellen, thy hand — the ring is thine; 'Sweeps through the plain, and ceaseless mines On Bochastle the mouldering lines "Unbonneted, and by the wave Sat down his brow and hands to lave" "Gray Stirling, with her towers and town, Upon their fleet career looked down " 195 202 210 216 224 HALF TITLE TO CANTO SIXTH.-The Dungeon Gate. 237 "Boldly she spoke: 'Soldiers, attend! "Where shall he find, in foreign land, So lone a lake, so sweet a strand!" "Now westward rolls the battle's din, That deep and doubling pass within " [The Pass of Beal-an-duine.] "On many a splendid garb she gazed, Then turned bewildered and amazed" ARGUMENT. 255 260 269 THE scene of the following Poem is laid chiefly in the vicinity of Loch Katrine, in the Western Highlands of Perthshire. The time of Action includes Six Days, and the transactions of each Day occupy a Canto. |