His thousand, to Rhine, to be given to whosoever might crave,
Fair horses withal, and saddles: like kings his vassals gave.
Ere the giving of costly presents to an end had wholly come,
Long seemed the time to the sated guests that yearned for home.
Ne’er with such royal bounty were desires of guests fulfilled.
So ended the marriage high-tide, and all was as Gunther willed.
XI.
How Siegfried and his Wife journeyed Home
Now so soon as the guests of Gunther had wended all away,
Then spake the Son of Siegmund unto them of his vassal-array:
“Time is it we made us ready to our fatherland to ride.”