XIV.
Many are killed, and wounded sore; Meanwhile the hostile fleet, Coasting along the southern shore A warm reception meet From peasants bold at La Corbière; At Bec d’la Chèvre the land they near, And aid their friends’ retreat.
Guernsey Folk Lore: a collection of popular superstitions, legendary tales, peculiar customs, proverbs, weather sayings, etc., of the people of that island
Many are killed, and wounded sore; Meanwhile the hostile fleet, Coasting along the southern shore A warm reception meet From peasants bold at La Corbière; At Bec d’la Chèvre the land they near, And aid their friends’ retreat.