Would ye to join those chosen ranks ascend,
With watchful zeal your King’s commands attend,
And bid adieu
To each unhallowed wish and worldly view:
Take up your Cross, beneath it bending low,
And for your Master’s Will your own forego,
Nor count it loss,
Knights of the Order of the Holy Cross.
Keep close to Christ, if conflict sore betide;
Stand fast, remembering He is at your side,