She came not to burden, she came in peace,
To ease the good boor she came;
If Denmark aye such flowers had
She dearly would prize the same!
The love of every Danish heart
The good Queen Dagmar gained;
Such happy pleasant days there were
Whilst she alive remained.
II. QUEEN DAGMAR’S ARRIVAL IN DENMARK.
It was Bohemia’s Queen began
Her daughter to direct:
“They’ll show thee, when thou to Denmark come,
Much honor and respect.
“And when respect and honor thou win
In Denmark’s land of fame,
Let not the boors be with tax opprest,
Thus will they bless thy name.
“Be the first boon thou of thy lord dost crave,
Of thy lord so fair and kind,
That he release Bishop Valdemar,
His uncle, who sits confin’d.”
And there was silk and scarlet cloth
Upon the earth outspread;
’Twas Dagmar, the youthful princess fair,
To the strand that down was led.
They hoisted up their silken sails
On the gilded yard so high,
And they in less than two months space
Old Denmark could descry.
Before Mando they anchor cast,
They cast it on the white sand;
They took the princess Dagmar fair
And bore her first to land.
They took the youthful Dagmar fair
And bore her first to land;
’Twas Valdemar King of Denmark old
That stretched to her his hand.