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WE galloped down the sodden track	A
Close buttoned 'gainst the wind	B
I took the lead with whip and spur	C
And Arnold rode behind	B
	-
The skies were wild a rending gale	D
Ran roaring through the trees	E
It sounded now like shouting hosts	F
And now like angry seas	E
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'Spur on Spur on ' I turned and cried	G
'The fatal moments fly '	-
I cursed him then his trembling hand	H
I cursed his bloodshot eye	I
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I cursed him for the lust of drink	J
That held his will a slave	K
For skill to tend and mend was his	L
To succour and to save	K
	-
I thought of her the golden girl	M
My life my love nigh spent	N
Nigh death with fever clutching her	C
And what his coming meant	N
	-
Through driving rain and tossing trees	E
I saw her pale with pain	O
And if my eyes grew wet perchance	P
'Twas not the wet of rain	O
	-
I turned on Arnold and I vowed	Q
To pay with coin of hate	R
His ten mile ride his boasted skill	S
If he should prove too late	R
	-
I mixed my words with searing scorn	T
And turned and told him plain	O
Of how I found him stupid drugged	U
With dull and sluggish brain	O
	-
And how the wasted hours went by	I
I waiting by his side	G
Till he should wake and be himself	V
And mount his horse and ride	G
	-
And 'Arnold if she die' I said	W
'Be yours the lot accurst	W
In life to thirst to thirst in death	X
In Hell to thirst and thirst '	-
	-
And so with black and bitter words	Y
Close buttoned 'gainst the wind	W
With whip and spur I galloped on	Z
And Arnold rode behind	W
	-
No word he said no answer gave	K
No bitter curse flung back	A
But sagging in the saddle sank	A2
A shamed thing in my track	A
	-
The skies were lead and leaden rain	O
A screen of sullen lead	W
A wind blown screen a blinding screen	B2
Fell down from overhead	W
	-
Though cattle die and pastures fade	W
With drought on hill and plain	O
'Fore God I pray I may not see	C2
The like of that blind rain	O
	-
The torn leaves swirled about my head	W
The gum trees tall and stout	W
Waved limbs and tossed tormented crests	D2
As in a forest rout	W
	-
The wind was now like hounds a hunt	W
And now like hounds that whined	W
Yet ever on and on I rode	W
And Arnold rode behind	W
	-
And soon there rose a mighty noise	E2
Above the wind it roared	W
And bursting through the screen of rain	O
We came to Kelvin's Ford	W
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I reined my horse in mute amaze	F2
A stunned and stricken man	G2
For 'twixt me and my heart's own love	H2
A thwarting river ran	G2
	-
I looked upon its maddened waste	W
I drew a broken breath	X
I said ' Tis hopeless ended all	I2
To dare the Ford were death '	-
	-
The wind was like a pack of hounds	J2
Upon a forest hunt	W
And then I heard a splash of hoofs	K2
And Arnold rode in front	W
	-
His face was lit I vow 'twas lit	W
Like glorious evening skies	L2
And as he turned and smiled flashed out	W
The manhood from his eyes	L2
	-
And then I knew that through his soul	M2
A dauntless purpose ran	G2
As shaking shame and sin aside	W
He rose once more a Man	G2
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He fought the river inch by inch	N2
Set will against its might	W
Gave way with it and came again	O2
And conquered in the fight	W
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And saved Her conquered Death as well	P2
Heart so dull so blind	W
Oft times denied his chance in life	Q2
The hero rides behind	W

Roderic Quinn

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