Surpassing an unreturned prolix highway of the time
With onerous cargo on the back
This nimble life-horse see
Disastrous frontier of a desert
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Really, everyone has to be like a old horse.The poem is strong to touch the sentiment.
This is not just a spavined old flea-bag. This jade has heart, like Rocinante, worthy to carry the Knight of the Rueful Countenance. After wearing itself completely to the bone, its ardent spirit is still moved by the plight of those ahead. Through the dust it aims kisses at them, in memory of what they must have suffered.