Resolved to strike a vigorous blow for Spain,
And, how their iron fathers strove, to teach:
Afonso, Avíz, Nun’ Alvares—heroes each—
Castro and Albuquerque not quite forgot
By their descendants, dauntless here who reach
And pluck the wreath to wear might be their lot,
If were not all their fire as fitful even as hot.
XIX.
Not thy Fidalgos, withered boughs, I ween,
Nor yet thy Royalty as much despised,