Sinewy strength is on his reins,

And the red blood gallops through his veins;

Richer, redder, never ran

Through the boasting heart of man!

He can trace his lineage higher

Than the Bourbon dare aspire,

Douglas, Guzman, or the Guelph,

Or O’Brien’s blood itself.

He, who hath no peer, was born

Here, upon a red March morn: