| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
| |
| 373. Cavalry Crossing a Ford |
| | | By Walt Whitman |
| |
| |
| 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, | 5 |
| Scarlet and blue and snowy white, | |
| The guidon flags flutter gayly in the wind. | |
| |
|
|
|
