StoryTitle("caps", "White Horses") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(1, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I saw them plunging through the foam, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "I saw them prancing up the shore—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A thousand horses, row on row,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And then a thousand more!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "In joy they leaped upon the land, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "In joy they fled before the wind, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Prancing and plunging on they raced, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "The huntsman raced behind.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "When this old huntsman goes to sleep,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "The horses live beneath the waves; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They live at peace, and rest in peace, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Deep in their sea green caves.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But when they hear the huntsman's shout ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Urging his hounds across the sea,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Out from their caves in frenzied fear ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "The great white horses flee!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "To-day they plunged right through the foam, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "To-day they pranced right up the shore,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A thousand horses, row on row, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And then a thousand more.", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", SmallCapsText("—Hamish Hendry.")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>