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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 gaily in the wind.

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