Against the sun they gave to shine

The bold Sir Roderick’s banner’d Pine.[119]

Nearer and nearer as they bear,

Spears, pikes, and axes flash in air.

Now might you see the tartans brave,[120]

And plaids and plumage dance and wave:

Now see the bonnets[121] sink and rise,

As his tough oar the rower plies;

See, flashing at each sturdy stroke,

The wave ascending into smoke;