Came thronging the fat flocks to bield and byre.

Then in their thousands, drove on drove, the kine

Came into view; as rainclouds, onward driven

By stress of gales, the west or mighty north,

Come up o'er all the heaven; and none may count

And naught may stay them as they sweep through air;

Such multitudes the storm's strength drives ahead,

Such multitudes climb surging in the rear—

So in swift sequence drove succeeded drove,

And all the champaign, all the highways swarmed