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Cavalry Crossing a Ford
Walt Whitman,
Leaves of GrassSlide2
A line in long array, where they wind betwixt green islands;
They take a serpentine course—their arms flash in the sun— Hark to the musical clank;Slide3
Behold the silvery river—in it the splashing horses, loitering, stop to drink;
Behold the brown-faced men—each group, each person, a picture—the negligent rest on the saddles;Slide4
Some emerge on the opposite bank—others are just entering the ford—while,Slide5
Scarlet, and blue, and snowy white,
The
guidon flags flutter gaily in the wind.Slide6
Night March
Herman MelvilleSlide7
With banners furled and clarions mute,
An army passes in the night;Slide8
And beaming spears and helms salute
The dark with bright.Slide9
In silence deep the legions stream,
With open ranks, in order true;Slide10
Over boundless plains they stream and gleam
No chief in view!Slide11
Afar, in twinkling distance lost,
(So legends tell) he lonely wendsSlide12
And back through all that shining host
His mandate sends. Slide13Slide14Slide15