Poor man! whilst in this lamentable state,
Came Allan back one morning to his gate,
Hale and unburdened by the woes of eild,
And fresh with credit from Culloden’s field.
’Twas feared at first, the sight of him might touch
The old Macdonald’s morbid mind too much;
But no! though Norman knew him and disclosed,
Ev’n rallying memory, he was still composed;
Asked all particulars of the fatal fight,
And only heaved a sigh for Charles’s flight;