Or no—like slaves stretched on a heap

Of poisoned arrows. Every limb

Shot with sharp pain; pain seemed to swim

Like a red cloud before our eyes....

The mist broke, and a moment showed,

Pricked clear against a splash of woad,

The spear-points where the hot chase rode.

Idly I watched them dance and rise

Till white wreaths wiped them out again ...

My love jerked at the bridle rein;