"Argyllshire" a poem by His Grace the Duke of Argyll, 1902.

"ARGYLLSHIRE" 

A poem written in a short preface of "The Place-Names of Argyll" by His Grace The Duke of Argyll. John  George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (Aug 6th, 1845-May 2nd, 1914.) Written for the "London Argyllshire Association,"  April 1902. 
Born in London. Later became the Governor of Canada. Described as a nonentity in London while a member of the Parliament. However, he was liked by the Canadians, and he liked Canada, its outdoors, and its peoples.  

Who knows Argyllshire's story 
Can tell all Britain's fate, 
Since there the Romans' glory 
Broke, at her Highland gate, 
To leave to sons of Erin, 
To bring the Scottish name, Where blessed by holy Kiaran, 
A town has kingly fame.

For there the stone of wonder. 
To Eastern Magic known. 
Was brought, the Oak thwarts under. 
Great Britain's Crowning Stone !
Kinloch, Dunadd, Dunstaffnage, 
Three forts of old renown. 
Safe kept that stone, the presage. 
Where Scot shall wear the Crown.

Once more lona ! waken, 
Wiih Choral song the deeps; 
Lift fear from hearts sin shaken, 
Where great Columba sleeps : — 
Green isle of white sands—bearer 
Of happiness and doom— 
Dyed with a hue yet fairer, 
The Red—of Martyrdom ! 

Argyll's sweet dewy splendour, 
Looks over Loch and Sound, 
Whose purple lights attend her, 
Imperially crowned; 
And kissed by loving Nature, 
In Ocean's arms she lies. 
Fair fenced with hills whose verdure, 
From Isle and Mainland rise. 

She knows she gave the cradle, 
From whence has Empire grown, 
And proudly minds the fable, 
"Scots rule where stands yon Stone."

Argyll and Bute, a council area in western Scotland, extends from the southwestern Grampian Mountains into the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and North Channel in ragged peninsulas indented and separated by deepwater lochs (sea inlets). Freshwater lochs (lakes) dot the inland areas. It includes many islands of the Inner Hebrides—notably Mull, Islay, and Jura. The council area incorporates most of the historic county of Argyllshire, the islands of Bute and Inchmarnock in the historic county of Buteshire, and the western portion of Dunbartonshire.

References

(1906) Gillies, H.C. (1906) The Place Names of Argyll. Ballantyne, Hansons & Co. Long Acre, London. pp ix-x. 

https://www.electricscotland.com/books/placenames/placenamesofargy00gill.pdf

Argyll map https://www.britannica.com/topic/Loch-Ness-monster-legendary-creature

John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Campbell,_9th_Duke_of_Argyll