The [milky baldric] of the skies,

And striped its pure [celestial white]

With streakings of the morning light;

Then, from his mansion in the sun,

She called her eagle-bearer down,

And gave into his mighty hand

The symbol of her chosen land!

[Majestic monarch] of the cloud,

Who rear’st aloft thy [regal form],

To hear the [tempest-trumpings] loud,