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Knightly Rider of the Knee / Of Proud-prancing Unclery!
Gaily mount, and wave the sign / Of that mastery of thine.
Pat thy steed and turn him free, / Knightly Rider of the Knee!
Sit thy charger as a throne -- / Lash him with thy laugh alone:
Sting him only with the spur / Of such wit as may occur, / Knightly Rider of the Knee, / In thy shriek of ecstasy.
Would, as now, we might endure, / Twain as one -- thou miniature / Ruler, at the rein of me -- / Knightly Rider of the Knee!