Page:Astrophel and other poems (IA astrophelotherpo00swiniala).pdf/131

 Stand fast as faith together In stress of treacherous weather When hounds and wolves break tether And Treason guides the pack.

Lovelier than thy seas are strong, Glorious Ireland, sword and song Gird and crown thee: none may wrong, Save thy sons alone. The sea that laughs around us Hath sundered not but bound us: The sun's first rising found us Throned on its equal throne.

North and South and East and West, All true hearts that wish thee best Beat one tune and own one quest, Staunch and sure as steel.