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'So the foemen have fired the gate, men of mine; / And the water is spent and gone? / Then bring me a cup of the red Ahr-wine: / I never shall drink but this one.
'And reach me my harness, and saddle my horse, / And lead him me round to the door: / He must take such a leap to-night perforce, / As horse never took before.