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"Above the moated entrance slung,
The balanced drawbridge trembling hung,
As jealous of a foe;
Wicket of oak, as iron hard,
With iron studded, clench'd and barr'd.
And prong'd portcullis, join'd to guard
The gloomy pass below."

Scott.