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I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; / I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; / "Good speed! " cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew; / "Speed! " echoed the wall to us galloping through; / Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, / And into the midnight we galloped abreast.