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: