Down, down in headlong overthrow,
Horseman and horse the foremost go,
Wild floundering on the field.
Loud from the mass confused the cry
Of dying warriors swells on high,
And steeds that shriek in agony.
They came like mountain torrent red,
That thunders o’er its rocky bed;
They broke like that same torrent’s wave
When swallowed by a darksome cave,