VIII.
Above Saint Peter Port ’tis said, The conflict they renewed, Of friends and foes five hundred dead The grassy plain bestrewed: Our ladies wept most bitterly, Oh! ’twas a dismal sight to see Their cheeks with tears bestrewed.
Guernsey Folk Lore: a collection of popular superstitions, legendary tales, peculiar customs, proverbs, weather sayings, etc., of the people of that island
Above Saint Peter Port ’tis said, The conflict they renewed, Of friends and foes five hundred dead The grassy plain bestrewed: Our ladies wept most bitterly, Oh! ’twas a dismal sight to see Their cheeks with tears bestrewed.