The Shires On The Moray Frith.

        Worthy of either song or story
        Are the shires round frith of Moray,
        Here lies the valley of Strathspey,
        Famed for its music, lively, gay,
        Elgin cathedral's 'prentice aisle
        Is glory of that ruined pile.
        What modern chisel now could trace
        Fine sculpture of that ancient place,
        And Forres famed for Sweno's stane
        In honor of that kingly Dane,
        'Graved with warriors runes and rhymes,
        Long prior to historic times,
        For a thousand years its been forgot
        Who was victor Dane or Scot,
        It is the country of McBeth
        Where good King Duncan met his death,
        And barren heath that place of fear
        Stood witches cauldron of Shakespeare,
        Nairn's Cawdor castle strong remains
        Full worthy of the ancient Thanes,
        And nestled 'neath the hills and bens
        Queen of the moors, the lochs and glens,
        Full proudly stands in vale of bliss
        Chief Highland town of Inverness,
        Near here the famous falls of Foyers
        Where Burns and others tuned their lyres,
        And the fatal field of dark Culloden
        Where doughty clans were once down trodden,
        Here men yet wear the tartan plaid
        Ready to join the Highland Brigade,
        And when the Frith you look across
        The eye beholds Sutherland and Ross,
        Where Duke has harnessed mighty team,
        Plows hills and rocks and moors by steam,
        Perhaps it may in part atone
        For cruel clearings days bygone,
        And Cromarty, whose wondrous mason,
        First learned his geologic lesson,
        Friends may rear a stately pillar,
        The old red sand stone of Hugh Miller,
        Ben Wyvis towers like monarch crowned,
        Conspicuous o'er the hills around,
        With crest 'ere white with driven snow,
        Strathpeffer's water cure below.