. The story of the German Iliad : a school reader for the sixth and seventh grades . 22 THE STORY OF THE GERMAN ILIAD. CHAPTER III. SIEGFRIED MEETS N Burguiulie tliere lived and throve a truly handsome maid :Such as in all the countries round was not, might well ha fair, the maiden hight, —a beauteous dame was she ;On her account did many a knight lose life and high degree. \rW; ^1^? -Tn! < Three rich and nobly-meaning kingshor kin and guardians were :Gunther and Gemot twain werenamed—both knights beyondcompaic ;The third one Giselher was called,—young, strong,
. The story of the German Iliad : a school reader for the sixth and seventh grades . 22 THE STORY OF THE GERMAN ILIAD. CHAPTER III. SIEGFRIED MEETS N Burguiulie tliere lived and throve a truly handsome maid :Such as in all the countries round was not, might well ha fair, the maiden hight, —a beauteous dame was she ;On her account did many a knight lose life and high degree. \rW; ^1^? -Tn! < Three rich and nobly-meaning kingshor kin and guardians were :Gunther and Gemot twain werenamed—both knights beyondcompaic ;The third one Giselher was called,—young, strong, and versed in brother-princes heeding watched an only sisterscharms. These kings dwelt at Worms in Rhenish Burgundy,and there they held their court, which was the resortof lofty knights who came thither to pay homageand frank-fees to their lords. Queen Utie, their mo-ther, a wealthy dame, had outlived their royal father,Dankrath, who in his early days had Avon chivalrichonors, and when he died had left his sons an amplerealm. SIEGFRIED MEETS KRIEMHILDA. 23 Kriemhilda, tlie fair and innocent, dreamed thatshe cherished a noble falcon which
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