Alexander the Great's proud warhorse tells his story.Have you given the horse strength?
Have you clothed his neck with thunder?
Can you make him leap like a grasshopper?
The glory of his nostrils is terrible.
He paws at the valley and rejoices in his strength.
He goes to meet the armed men,
He mocks at fear and is not afraid,
Neither does he turn back from the sword.
The quiver rattles against him,
The glittering sword and the shield.
He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage,
He is trained to charge at the sound of the trumpet-
He says among the trumpets, 'Ha! Ha!'
And he smells the battle from afar,
The thunder of the captains and the shouting'
- the Bible (Book of Job, 39:19-25).
