That they might be the sooner
ferried across the flood,
They drave the horses in it;
whose swimming was so good,
That, strong as was the current,
they cross’d it none the less;
Though some far downwards drifted
in very weariness.
That they might be the sooner
ferried across the flood,
They drave the horses in it;
whose swimming was so good,
That, strong as was the current,
they cross’d it none the less;
Though some far downwards drifted
in very weariness.