This for those who care to listen <br />while others lie in wait <br />there is news well worth the hearin' <br />it's said as fixed as fate. <br /> <br />The Jacobite lives in the hearts <br />of clans the globe to roam <br />within the shores of Scotland's realm <br />the word is ' He's come home'. <br /> <br />The word is ' He's come home' my friends <br />as all do well to heed <br />kingdom spread throughout the world; a <br />forgotten monarchy. <br /> <br />Read about The Prince of Scots; so <br />conveniently untold, <br />chiefly: Sacred crown and scepter <br />The Savage Butcher stole. <br /> <br />With disregard and ignorance <br />buried, a cause alive <br />grand legacy and tradition <br />fibs long ago contrived. <br /> <br />Our Scottish Prince once lost now found <br />who wears the celtic crown: <br />For 'tis the wish of Jacobites <br />this sphere dispersed around. <br /> <br />Seek justice and seek evidence! <br />Thus claimed: The Winter Queen <br />who journeyed down the centuries <br />now crowned: her namesake seen. <br /> <br />Direct decent of Stewart line <br />upon a time dethroned <br />whence Bonnie Prince of Scotland came <br />not fruitless as supposed. <br /> <br />A matter unresolved I say <br />and risen from the grave. <br />Perhaps the ground is warmer yet? <br />Legend reveals a babe. <br /> <br />If Jacobite within your hearts <br />deep sleep awakens from <br />unfurl the flag of blue and white; <br />remember ' He's come home! '. <br /> <br />July 2005<br /><br />Gillian.E. Shaw<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/j-ballantrae-a-jacobite-poem/
