Then spake that winsome lady: “Exceeding glad were I
If I dared but give unto Siegfried my gold for his herald’s fee;
But for this art thou too exalted—I have left but love for thee.”
But he said, “Though thirty kingdoms were each and all named mine,
Gifts would I take glad-hearted from this fair hand of thine.”
Answered the high-born Lady, “My desire shall become my deed.”
And her chamberlain she commanded to bring her the herald’s meed.
Four-and-twenty armlets that flashed with many a gem
Gave she to him for guerdon: for himself he kept not them;
Of his knightly and courteous spirit he dealt them in that same hour