And piteously did bleat,

Till in the throng that rush’d along

Each one its own might meet.

Cried Jack—It is a shame, I wis,

A burning shame to see

This Cormoran, a single man,

Defy the whole countrie!

What! tho’ no hand on Cornish land

Can wield the giant’s axe:

One heart there is as stout as his,