Introductory Note
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Bellows, Henry Adams
And wiles she seeks, | herself to avenge.”
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Sigurth spake:
46. “What may for the bride | requital be,
The wife we won | with subtle wiles?
From me she has | the oaths I made,
And kept not long; | they gladdened her little.”
Gripir spake:
47. “To Gunnar soon | his bride will say
That ill didst thou | thine oath fulfill,
When the goodly king, | the son of Gjuki,
With all his heart | the hero trusted.”
Sigurth spake:
48. “What sayst thou, Gripir? | give me the truth!
Am I guilty so | as now is said, [354]
Or lies does the far-famed | queen put forth
Of me and herself? | Yet further speak.”
Gripir spake:
49. “In wrath and grief | full little good
The noble bride | shall work thee now;
No shame thou gavest | the goodly one,
Though the monarch’s wife | with wiles didst cheat.”
Sigurth spake:
50. “Shall Gunnar the wise | to the woman’s words,
And Gotthorm and Hogni, | then give heed?
Shall Gjuki’s sons, | now tell me, Gripir,
Redden their blades | with their kinsman’s blood?”
Gripir spake:
51. “Heavy it lies | on Guthrun’s heart,
When her brothers all | shall bring thee death;
Never again | shall she happiness know,
The woman so fair; | ’tis Grimhild’s work.”
Sigurth spake:
52. “Now fare thee well! | our fates we shun not;
And well has Gripir | answered my wish;
More of joy | to me wouldst tell
Of my life to come | if so thou couldst.”
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Gripir spake:
53. “Ever remember, | ruler of men,