Skip to content
Linespedia

Pibroch Of Donail Dhu

Topics: classic

Pibroch of Donuil,     Wake thy wild voice anew,     Summon Clan-Conuil.     Come away, come away,     Hark to the summons!     Come in your war array,     Gentles and commons.     Come from deep glen and     From mountain so rocky,     The war-pipe and pennon     Are at Inverlochy.     Come every hill-plaid and     True heart that wears one,     Come every steel blade and     Strong hand that bears one.     Leave untended the herd,     The flock without shelter;     Leave the corpse uninterr'd,     The bride at the altar;     Leave the deer, leave the steer,     Leave nets and barges:     Come with your fighting gear,     Broadswords and targes.     Come as the winds come, when     Forests are rended;     Come as the waves come, when     Navies are stranded:     Faster come, faster come,     Faster and faster,     Chief, vassal, page and groom,     Tenant and master.     Fast they come, fast they come;     See how they gather!     Wide waves the eagle plume,     Blended with heather.     Cast your plaids, draw your blades,     Forward each man set!     Pibroch of Donuil Dhu,     Knell for the onset!

AI analysis available. Enable JavaScript to interact.

About this line

"Pibroch of Donuil,..."

"Pibroch Of Donail Dhu" is a quintessential example of Walter Scott (Sir)'s signature style... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...

Classified Tags

Related lines

"I.     And said I that my limbs were old,     And said I that my blood was cold,     And that my kindly fire was fled,     And my poor wither'd he"

""O hone a rie'! O hone a rie!"     The pride of Albin's line is o'er,     And fall'n Glenartney's stateliest tree;     We ne'er shall see Lord"

"CANTO I.XIX.     The Lady sought the lofty hall,     Where many a bold retainer lay,     And with jocund din among them all,     Her son pursued"

"This ae nighte, this ae nighte,     Every nighte and alle;     Fire and sleete and candle lighte,     And Christe receive thye saule.     Whe"

"Here morning in the ploughman's songs is met     Ere yet one footstep shows in all the sky,     And twilight in the east, a doubt as yet,     S"

"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"

Continue Reading

"I.     And said I that my limbs were old,     And ..."

Weekly Poetic Insight

Join our literary Sanctuary

Get the most inspiring lines, poetic analysis, and secret shayaris delivered to your inbox every Sunday.