19. Have you given the horse strength? Have you covered his neck with a mane?
20. Would you make him leap like a locust? His splendid snorting is frightening.
21. He paws in the valley, and rejoices in strength. He gallops into the clash of arms.
22. He laughs at fear, and is not frightened; nor does he turn back from the sword.
23. The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and lance.
24. He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, and he does not stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
25. At the blast of the ram’s horn he says, ‘Aha!’ And from afar he smells the battle, the thunder of commanders and shouting.
26. Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, spreading its wings toward the south?
27. Does the eagle mount up at your command, and make its nest on high?
28. It dwells on the rock, and lodges on the crag of the rock and the stronghold.