James Hogg, Queen Hynde, love and adventure poem, Beregonium, Benderloch, Argyll

A stirring account of adventure and romance set in the early Scotland of saints and swordsmen. A young Scottish queen must rule, and seek a husband, whilst in imminent peril from a sea-borne Viking attack.

The author claimed the tale to be true, handed down in story and song, and without doubt many characters are historically authentic.The remnants of Beregonium, first palace of the Scots and original home of the Stone of Destiny, still exist on a vitrified, rocky hill in Benderloch Argyll.

Whatever the truth, standing on the mighty cliff of the 'Fort of the King' and gazing westwards over the magnificent bay it is easy to imagine that great deeds once chose this land as their stage. And that some beautiful, royal lady gave birth to a legend whose shadows cling here for ever.

Scotland the brave: a young country of untamed grandeur extending along the western seaboard of Albyn, north of the River Clyde. The Scot, moulded by mountain and sea, wild wood and foaming torrent, lives free as the eagle. His passion is war: the manly combat of sword and dirk - commemorated in fiery Gaelic verse and sung by the great bards. A solitary wind-and-rain-swept cairn marks his final passing.

Such was the age, and such the day,
When young Queen Hynde, with gentle sway,
Ruled o'er a people bold and free,
From vale of Clyde to Orcady.
The tale is old, but the event
Confirm'd by dreadful monument.
Her sire had eastern vales laid waste,
The Pict subdued, the Saxon chased,
And, dying old and loved, resign'd
The sceptre to his lovely Hynde.

"Now note my will - My daughter Hynde
Must wed the knight that suits her mind;
Her choice no interest let revoke,
Be it as free as bird on oak..."

Her father directs that she must be chaste and marry a suitable husband of good stock to continue the line. She should watch the chiefs in debate and tournament then make her choice. He promises to watch over her in spirit:

'I may not warn thee face to face;
But still, when danger or disgrace
Unseen approaches, I'll be nigh;
Therefore, my child on dreams rely...

*James Hogg Novelist & Poet 1770-1835. Renowned Scottish writer, contemporary and friend of Sir Walter Scott. Books include: "The Memories and Confessions of a Justified Sinner", "The Queen's Wake" (1813) - bardic contest celebrating the return of Mary Queen of Scots from France, "The Brownie of Bodsbeck" (1818), "The Three Perils of Man" (1822), "The Three Perils of Woman" (1822);

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