When they got within four kilometres of the stone bridge, the French saw the enormous mass of Tartar cavalry, forming an immense curve, coming toward them at a jog-trot.
当他们距石桥不到四公里时,法国人看到大堆大堆的鞑靼骑兵,形成一个巨大的曲线,向他们缓步而来。
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Because of its jog-trot rhythm, pure anapestic metre was originally used only in light or popular English verse, but after the 18th century it appeared in serious poetry.