Into squadrons: trumpets blew,

Chargers neighed, and trappings glowed

Brave as the bright Orient's.

Look on the seas that run to greet

Sunrise: look on the leagues of wheat:

Look on the lines and squares that fret

Leaping to level the lance blood-wet.

Tens of thousands, man and steed,

Tossing like field-flowers in Spring;

Ready to be hurled at need