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Rh “Away!—away!—My breath was gone— “I saw not where he hurried on: Twas scarcely yet the break of day, “And on he foam’d—away!—away!— “The last of human sounds which rose, “As I was darted from my foes, “Was the wild shout of savage laughter, “Which on the wind came roaring after “A moment from that rabble rout: “With sudden wrath I wrench’d my head, “And snapp’d the cord, which to the mane “Had bound my neck in lieu of rein, “And, writhing half my form about, “Howl’d back my curse; but ’midst the tread, “The thunder of my courser’s speed, “Perchance they did not hear nor heed: “It vexes me—for I would fain “Have paid their insult back again. “I paid it well in after days: “There is not of that castle gate, “Its drawbridge and portcullis’ weight, “Stone, bar, moat, bridge, or barrier left;