Had Hettel and Queen Hilda from him withheld their daughter,
When he had thought to woo her; wroth was he to be scorned when now he sought her.
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Of her his heart had longed for he now had gained the sight;
There oft were stolen glances between Gu-drun and the knight.
He made it known to the maiden, by speech from others hidden,
That he was young King Hartmut, and from the Norman land had lately ridden.
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Then she told her wooer the pain to her it gave;
And tho’ she wished he ever a happy life might have,