My northern blood exults to face <br />The rapture of this rough embrace, <br />Glowing in every vein to feel <br />The cordial caress of steel <br />From spear-blue air and sword-blue sea, <br />Armour of England's liberty.<br /><br />Alfred Austin<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-northern-blood-exults-to-face/
