Comes the ox the wheel behind

Posted by Baceseras April 08, 2008 at 13:55:In reply to Comes the ox the wheel behind posted by Richard on April 08, 2008 at 09:22:

I'm trying to make sense from the phrase in Jame Allen's poem that reads 'comes the ox the wheel behind'. What can this possible mean?

A necessary consequence: the ox draws the wagon; where the ox treads, the wheel will follow.