English poem
To her the king thus answered: “That shall quickly be
by Mary Pickering Nichols (1829–1915)
To her the king thus answered: “That shall quickly be; His well-bred ways and bearing I soon will let you see.” But still the great King Hagen never yet had known him; Long the ladies waited till Wâ-te came, and they could look upon him.
Word to the guests was carried; to them ’twas kindly said, That if it e’er should happen that they of aught had need, They should to the king betake them, and his food be sharing. To Fru-te this was pleasing, for wise he was, not less than he was daring.
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