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Hard blows are dealt on every side, The blood bedews the plain, The footmen leap, the horsemen ride, O’er mountains of the slain. A deadly weapon, strongly bent, Against the foes its missiles sent, And wrought them death and pain.
Guernsey Folk Lore: a collection of popular superstitions, legendary tales, peculiar customs, proverbs, weather sayings, etc., of the people of that island
Hard blows are dealt on every side, The blood bedews the plain, The footmen leap, the horsemen ride, O’er mountains of the slain. A deadly weapon, strongly bent, Against the foes its missiles sent, And wrought them death and pain.