Huge hound
Great hound
Gray hound and gaunt
Royally imperial
You tower above taunt.

Comrade of chieftain
Grim dog of war
Your fame has been heralded
And hailed from afar.

From Rome of the Caesars
From Spain's classic bard
You've won kingly praises
And knightly award.

The elk of old Erin
You brought to his knees
At the roar of your challenge
The timber wolf flees

Yet noble descendant
Of fierce fighting sire
You are playing tonight
With my child by the fire.

William J. Dammarell
(taken from "The Complete Irish Wolfhound" by Alma J. Starbuck