So exceeding great was the glory of the King, so famed his land,
That wherever knights were yearning with gallant heart and hand
In knightly sport to prove them, thither they flocked from far;
For the love of the King and the kindness of the Queen were their guiding star.
XXIII.
How Kriemhild thought on Vengeance for her Wrongs
Amid all this honour and glory—herein doth the bard sing true—
Dwelt they in love together till the seventh year onward drew.
In the midst of the years unto Kriemhild was born a noble son.
In the life of Etzel never had a brighter dayspring shone.
Never she ceased from pleading till she won her love’s reward