II.

In came the O'Kavanagh, fair as the morn,

When earth to new beauty and vigour is born;

They shrank from his glance like the waves

from the prow,

For nature's nobility sat on his brow.

III.

Attended alone by his vassal and bard;

No trumpet to herald—no clansmen to guard—

He came not attended by steed or by steel: