With shaking spear and riding hood:
Black knight-at-arms, the white-plumed Thorn;
In pomp the Crown Imperial borne.
While Tulips lift the banner red,
Or fill their cups with fire instead:
Sweet Hyacinths their bells did ring,
To swell the music of the spring.
With blazoned pennons from each spear
The Iris and the Flag appear:
Sweet masking May, in white or red,