And Tien we „bet, så, ti Coy Castle Campbell, thee! Be grm storm-cion is overcast Iven a spectre of the past, Of rapine, feudal strife, and wont, Thou tellest an old, wild, warlia Fa" in the nignt of ages back, Castle of Gloom, thy pile arose, Wher, spurning legislation's track. Each strath contained both friends and foes. CASTLE CAMPBELL. BY DELTA. The ruins of Castle Campbell are romantically situated in a gorge of the Ochills, at the northern extremity of Clackmannanshire. It is of unknown antiquity, and passed into the hands of the Argyle family when the Scottish Court held their meetings in Dunfermline. Its original designation was the "Castle of Gloom," from some wild, but unauthenticated legend, connected with its early history. Its name was altered to "Castle Campbell," by its subsequent proprietors. BEHIND us tower the Ochills green Thou tellest an old, wild, warlike story, Far in the night of ages back, Castle of Gloom, thy pile arose, When, spurning legislation's track, Each strath contained both friends and foes; Then passed unto Macaillian More Then often here, where only now With quivered back and levelled spear, And soared the hawk, and bayed the beagle. The times have altered: to the north The gillies of Argyle have gone ; And on thy battlements gleam forth The wild flowers, where their tartans shone. The days of chivalry have fled; The red claymore is scabbarded : The fiery-cross a summons blazes, And ruined walls, the traveller gazes. |