Song of Nioclás

In Honour of Nick Richards

I

Mighty wert the ships

Of brave Nioclás the Ship-Wise,

Ne’er didst he use tricks

Nor by surprise

Didst he gain his ships,

All by war wert they his prize,

Many the conflicts

He won thereafter under the skies,

There above the seas’ e’ery rise,

From port to port, and at e’ery high tides’

Waves, his name they do whisper still,

So that every gill

And every bill,

Thereupo…