English poem
When the weaponed fighters by Hagen there were seen
by Mary Pickering Nichols (1829–1915)
When the weaponed fighters by Hagen there were seen, Then, in truth, how scornful and wrathful was his mien! “Now bring to me my long-spear, to feel it I will teach them; They all shall die full quickly when my strong right arm with that shall reach them!”
More by Mary Pickering Nichols
- When he had reached his castle, and sat with the queen alone
- When he the lion had smitten to death, with many blows
- When now the fight was over, and all were free from care
- When the knightly minstrel three songs to the end had sung
- When they had heard this answer, back to the shore they went
- When they thus had spoken, the kings no more did rest
- Whene’er to him it happened weapons at court to see
- While on the shore, by the waters, his time he often spent