XIII.
But rallying soon, th’adventurous band Cornet’s strong towers attack, With ebbing tides, across the sand, They find an easy track, The beach is strewed with heaps of dead, The briny sea with blood is red, Again they are driven back.
Guernsey Folk Lore: a collection of popular superstitions, legendary tales, peculiar customs, proverbs, weather sayings, etc., of the people of that island
But rallying soon, th’adventurous band Cornet’s strong towers attack, With ebbing tides, across the sand, They find an easy track, The beach is strewed with heaps of dead, The briny sea with blood is red, Again they are driven back.