The Oxus river, and Arnold's poem, fire the imaginations of the children who adventure with ponies over the moors of the West Country in the 1930s children's book The Far-Distant Oxus.
The Oxus River and Arnold's poem are key elements that contribute to the story of a group of children who travel on ponies across the moors of the West Country, as depicted in the 1930s children's book "The Far-Distant Oxus."