Sweet bairn by proof of fathers shall yet stand

To mark their course in blood along the way,

And ever more than footprints in the sand

Bear emblazoned banners on life’s stage.

From son to sun to son and sun again

Quotidian stippled lines from Eden borne,

Brash heraldry there etched in proud surnames—

Bold blazons bright sworn ever to flout scorn;

There so in kinship stand e’re to defend

That cavalcade of clans that clamor on

To pledge their love in hopes that never end

And strut proud colors when forbears are gone.

May honorifics heaven blessed sublime

By scions blood here best this war ‘gainst time.