James Fraser Poet Rhyme

Hanoverian Fort George

This mighty Fort
Hanoverian built
To suppress the Scot's
Deter the kilt
 
This Star-fort design
One of Europe's best
Never attacked
No enemy zest
 
Strategically set 
On the Moray Firth
This fort of forts
Hanoverian best
 
Near Inverness
Where Culloden was fought
The Jacobite's defeated
Our army now nought
 
So this fort you see
Curtailed the future me
To keep us in check
In case we rose again
To chase the English
From our Highland domain
 
Centuries later it stands to tell
The construction of, has lasted well
This fort of forts, from the link you can see
Why it suppressed many of me


http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/scotland.php
 
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/nairn/fortgeorge/

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Carolyn Devonshire May 21, 2009 at 3:24 PM Great bit of history, James. The linked page says the fort is still in use today. It still looks mighty impressive after more than two centuries. The photo taken from behind the canon on the home page is reminiscent of the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine. Similar structure, but built much earlier. Today it's a historical site. Excellent poem, James!