Their column, though the Turkish batteries thundered
Upon them, ne’ertheless had reached the rampart,
And naturally thought they could have plundered
The city, without being farther hampered;
But as it happens to brave men, they blundered—
The Turks at first pretended to have scampered,
Only to draw them ’twixt two bastion corners,
From whence they sallied on those Christian scorners.