We saw them all take aim.
We saw them, but we waited,
Till “Fire!” their leader cried,[17]
And shot, and howl’d, “Surround them!”
And round us turn’d to ride.
They fired and surged about us,[18]
Ah me, a fiery flood!—
All overwhelm’d, our brothers
Were falling, drench’d in blood.
“Serve God before the Briton!”