 | Leaves of grass. |  |
CAVALRY CROSSING A FORD.
A LINE in long array, where they
wind betwixt green
islands;
They take a serpentine course — their arms flash in the sun — Hark to the musical clank;
Behold the silvery river — in it the splashing horses, loitering, stop to drink;
Behold the brown-faced men — each group, each person, a picture — the negligent rest on the saddles;
Some emerge on the opposite bank — others are just entering the ford;
The guidon flags flutter gaily in the wind.
They take a serpentine course — their arms flash in the sun — Hark to the musical clank;
Behold the silvery river — in it the splashing horses, loitering, stop to drink;
Behold the brown-faced men — each group, each person, a picture — the negligent rest on the saddles;
Some emerge on the opposite bank — others are just entering the ford;
The guidon flags flutter gaily in the wind.
9a
| Leaves of grass. | |