Doherty family biography outline

(Crest No. 158. Plate 62.)

BY the Spanish plum’d hat, and the costly attire,

And the dark eye that’s blended of midnight and fire,

And the bearing and stature so princely and tall,

Sir Cahir you’ll know in the midst of them all.

Like an oak on the land, like a ship on the sea,

Like the eagle above, strong and haughty is he,

In the greenness of youth—yet he’s crowned as his due,

With the fear of the false, and the love of the true.

Right fiercely he swoops on their plundering hordes,

Right proudly he dares them, the proud English lords!

And darkly you’ll trace him by many a trail,

From the hills of the North to the heart of the Pale!

By red field, ruined keep, and fire-shrouded hall,

By the tramp of the charger o’er buttress and wall;

By the courage that springs in the breach of despair,

Like the bound of the lion erect from his lair!

O’Neill and O’Donnell, Maguire and the rest,

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