Weep, Albin! to death and captivity led!

Oh, weep! but thy tears cannot number the dead;

For a merciless sword on Culloden shall wave,

Culloden! that reeks with the blood of the brave!

Lochiel—

Go, preach to the coward, thou death-telling seer

Or, if gory Culloden so dreadful appear,

Draw, dotard, around thy old wavering sight

This mantle, to cover the phantoms of fright.

The Wizard—