And chose his officers for the day’s campaign:

One, for a marksman, with a fowling-piece,

To bring down bird or beast, if need arose;

One for a bugler, to recall their lines

From echoing valley and hill, when something rare

Lay in the Master’s hand; one to make notes

Of new discoveries; one for discipline; all

For seeking out the truth, in youth and joy.

To-day they made for Jumkil, miles away

Along the singing river, where that prize