Shelter for men and horses had found unto their liking;
But a doom to them most woful erelong must come, instead of the rest they were seeking.
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The very high-born maidens, torn from the Hegeling land,
Had been led out, and wandered along the barren sand;
So far as ’twas allowed them to show their feelings freely,
They who had been stolen in sadness wept before the foeman daily.
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Fires upon the seashore were seen on every side;
The men from far-off Normandy were thinking there to abide.