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—while, + 

Scarlet and blue and snowy white, + 

The guidon flags flutter gayly in the wind. + 