And cowered there in trembling, mortal fear.

In view the charging horses passed along

Straight to the well, no driver grasped the reins,

For he had fallen to the stony street.

Yet never moved the Boy, nor turned His eyes

From off the hills that held them so intent.

But from a doorway rushed a stranger lad

Who grasped the bit of one, and held him fast.

The others, panting, stopped so near the Boy

That, on His face He must have felt the heat