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How fared the rest of Evan’s fleet? Methinks I hear you say, When raging winds for ever beat The strongest towers decay; To bend these ships before the breeze, And sinking ’neath the briny seas, In vain for mercy pray.
Guernsey Folk Lore: a collection of popular superstitions, legendary tales, peculiar customs, proverbs, weather sayings, etc., of the people of that island
How fared the rest of Evan’s fleet? Methinks I hear you say, When raging winds for ever beat The strongest towers decay; To bend these ships before the breeze, And sinking ’neath the briny seas, In vain for mercy pray.