StoryTitle("caps", "Gathering Song of Donald Dhu") ?>
do you remember when you used to spout "Pibroch of Donald Dhu"? I
think you were ten years old. Sir Walter Scott's men all have a genius for
standing up to their guns, and boys gather up the man's genius when reciting
his verse. (1771-1832.)
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Pibroch of Donuil Dhu,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Pibroch of Donuil,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Wake thy wild voice anew,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Summon Clan Conuil.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Come away, come away,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Hark to the summons!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Come in your war-array,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Gentles and commons.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Come from deep glen, and", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "From mountain so rocky,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The war-pipe and pennon", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Are at Inverlochy.", "") ?>
PagePoem(127, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Come every hill-plaid, and", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "True heart that wears one,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Come every steel blade, and", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Strong hand that bears one.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Leave untended the herd,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "The flock without shelter;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Leave the corpse uninterr'd,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "The bride at the altar;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Leave the deer, leave the steer,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Leave nets and barges:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Come with your fighting gear,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Broadswords and targes.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Come as the winds come, when", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Forests are rended;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Come as the waves come, when", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Navies are stranded:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Faster come, faster come,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Faster and faster,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Chief, vassal, page, and groom,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Tenant and master.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Fast they come, fast they come;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "See how they gather!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Wide waves the eagle plume", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Blended with heather,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Cast your plaids, draw your blades,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Forward each man set!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Pibroch of Donuil Dhu", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Knell for the onset!", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("100", SmallCapsText("Sir Walter Scott.")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>