Thou shalt be torn with tooth and nail,
And would thou hadst returned with us!”
When Orfeo had heard, he was
Distraught, and moaned, “Alas! my life,
Dearer than life, and must I thus
Lose thee, my queen, my love, my wife?”
And would thou hadst returned with us!”
When Orfeo had heard, he was
Distraught, and moaned, “Alas! my life,
Dearer than life, and must I thus
Lose thee, my queen, my love, my wife?”
He sought for counsel: all were dumb,
For none could proffer words of good.
At last the morrow morn had come,
And Orfeo in armour stood
With hundreds of his knightlihood,
Each armed and harnessed, stout and grim;
They sallied forth inte the wood
And girt about the queen and him.
For none could proffer words of good.
At last the morrow morn had come,
And Orfeo in armour stood
With hundreds of his knightlihood,
Each armed and harnessed, stout and grim;
They sallied forth inte the wood
And girt about the queen and him.
In close array they stood at guard
And swore upon their weapons keen
They each should die upon the sward
Ere aught should come and take the queen.
And swore upon their weapons keen
They each should die upon the sward
Ere aught should come and take the queen.
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