Their sabres glittered o’er her little head,
Whence her fair hair rose twining with affright,
Her hidden face was plunged amidst the dead:
When Juan caught a glimpse of this sad sight,
I shall not say exactly what he said,
Because it might not solace “ears polite;”
But what he did, was to lay on their backs,
The readiest way of reasoning with Cossacques.