And many a wailing cry
They raised, the minstrel prophets of the house,
“Woe for that kingly home!
Woe for that kingly home and for its chiefs!
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Woe for the marriage-bed and traces left
Of wife who loved her lord!”
[*]There stands he silent; foully wronged and yet
[*]Uttering no word of scorn,[[301]]
[*]In deepest woe perceiving she is gone;