English poem
Back then went the maiden to where Gu-drun she found
by Mary Pickering Nichols (1829–1915)
Back then went the maiden to where Gu-drun she found: “Arouse, my queenly lady, wake from your slumber sound! The land is held by foemen, who will these walls be storming; We have not been forgotten by those at home; our friends come hither swarming.”
More by Mary Pickering Nichols
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- Asleep still left he lying all his faithful men
- At once old Wâ-te started, no longer would he wait
- At this the king of Ireland unto his wife thus said
- Before his friends and kinsmen then spake King Sigeband
- Before the hill they landed, in sight of the leafy grove
- Beneath the silken bedspreads fishes’ skins were laid
- Beneath the weight of the griffin forest trees broke down