English poem
Now all would hence be faring, but the queen to them did say
by Mary Pickering Nichols (1829–1915)
Now all would hence be faring, but the queen to them did say: “I beg you, knights and warriors, longer with us to stay; Our gifts of gold and silver, that here for you are ready, You should not think of meanly; our love for you is ever true and steady.”
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