The Princess' welcome to the Highlands = Failte na Ban-phrionnsa do'n…
The Princess' welcome to the Highlands = by Archibald Farquharson is a short commemorative pamphlet that combines a Scottish Gaelic welcome poem with a Christian allegory, written in the Victorian era. The book likely celebrates Princess Louise’s marriage into the Argyll Campbells and uses that public occasion to contemplate the Church as the Bride preparing for union with Christ. The poem voices a warm Highland invitation to the royal princess, praising her
virtues, blessing her union with the Marquess of Lorne, and thanking her mother, the Queen, for granting freedom and consent. It promises joyous bonfires, a united welcome from all clans, and insists that true Highland loyalty includes the Gaelic language as well as the garb. It invokes Argyll places such as Loch Fyne, offers prayers for the couple’s happiness and descendants, and closes with Christian petitions for peace and salvation. The accompanying prose then reads the entire scene as an allegory: the Princess figures the Church (the Bride), the Highlands represent Zion, England the present wilderness, the Queen symbolizes governments that protect conscience, and the Highlanders stand for true friends of the Bridegroom who speak the language of Zion. It looks forward to the “marriage of the Lamb,” when sects will be one and the world will blaze with Alleluias. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Farquharson, Archibald, 1801-1878 |
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| Title | The Princess' welcome to the Highlands = Failte na Ban-phrionnsa do'n Ghaidhealtachd |
| Original Publication | Glasgow: A. Sinclair, 1871. |
| Credits | Mairi, Raymond Papworth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the National Library of Scotland (NLS). ) |
| Language | English |
| Language | Gaelic, Scottish |
| LoC Class | PB: Language and Literatures: General works |
| Subject | Scottish Gaelic poetry |
| Subject | Louise, Princess, Duchess of Argyll, 1848-1939 -- Poetry |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78186 |
| Release Date | Mar 11, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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