Sentence:  And we were just about / To turn and face the foe, as some tire bird / Barbarians pelt at, drive with shouts away / From shelter in what rocks, however rude, / She makes for, to escape the kindled eye, / Split beak, crook'd claw o' the creature, cormorant / Or <WSD>ossifrage</WSD>, that, hardly baffled, hangs / Afloat i' the foam, to take her if she turn. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The osprey.