Thy limbs with steel infold:

Was it not Ardolph's daughter, say,

Who late thy heart did hold?"

"It was, it was!" Hermanrick cry'd;

"I heard her brother's name;

"Tis said he was a gallant youth,

Who sought abroad for fame."

Then Edwy sprang to his embrace,

And clasp'd him to his breast;

"And thou shalt be my brother, too,"