"Now by my faith as belted knight,
And by the name I bear,
And by the red Saint Andrew's cross
That waves above us there--
Ay, by a greater, mightier oath--
And oh, that such should be!--
By that dark stream of royal blood
That lies 'twixt you and me--
I have not sought in battle field
A wreath of such renown,
Nor dared I hope, on my dying day,
To win the martyr's crown!