XVII. See Stumnah, who, the bier beside. All stand aghast :-unheeding all, excitement to his attention, and not unfrequently suggest to him new and unexpected graces of expression. If a careless rhyme, or an ill-constructed phrase occasionally escape him amidst the irregular torrent of his stanza, the blemish is often imperceptible by the hurried eye of the reader; but when the short lines are yoked in pairs, any dissonance in the jingle, or interruption of the construction, cannot fail to give offence. We learn from Horace, that in the course of a long work, a poet may legitimately indulge in a momentary slumber; but we do not wish to hear him snore."— -Quarterly Review.] Faithful. The name of a dog. XVIII. Angus, the heir of Duncan's line,1 Sprung forth and seized the fatal sign. Dash'd from his eye the gathering tear, ! [MS." Angus, the first of Duncan's line, Sprung forth and seized the fatal sign, And then upon his kinsman's bier Fell Malise's suspended tear. In haste the stripling to his side His father's targe and falchion tied."] 66 Kinsman," " she said, "his race is run, That should have sped thine errand on; The orphan's God will guard my son— Glanced from the mourner's sunken eye, Might rouse her Duncan from his bier. But faded soon that borrow'd force; XIX. Benledi saw the Cross of Fire, It glanced like lightning up Strath-Ire.1 1 Inspection of the provincial map of Perthshire, or any large map of Scotland, will trace the progress of the signal through the small districts of lakes and mountains, which, in exercise of my poetical privilege, I have subjected to the authority of my imaginary chieftain, and which, at the period of my romance, O'er dale and hill the summons flew, Nor rest nor pause young Angus knew; He left the mountain breeze to dry; was really occupied by a clan who claimed a descent from Alpine a clan the most unfortunate, and most persecuted, but neither the least distinguished, least powerful, nor least brave, of the tribes of the Gael. "Slioch non rioghridh duchaisach Aig an roubh crun na Halba othus 'Stag a cheil duchas fast ris." The first stage of the Fiery Cross is to Duncraggan, a place near the Brigg of Turk, where a short stream divides Loch Achray from Loch Vennachar. From thence, it passes towards Callender, and then, turning to the left up the pass of Leny, is consigned to Norman at the chapel of Saint Bride, which stood on a small and romantic knoll in the middle of the valley, called Strath-Ire. Tombea and Arnandave, or Ardmandave, are names of places in the vicinity. The alarm is then supposed to pass along the lake of Lubnaig, and through the various glens in the district of Balquidder, including the neighbouring tracts of Glenfinlas and Strathgartney. 1 [MS." And where a steep and wooded knoll Graced the dark strath with emerald green."] He dash'd amid the torrent's roar: His right hand high the crosslet bore, He stumbled twice-the foam splash'd high, XX. A blithesome rout, that morning tide, |