How Brunhild was received at Worms
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On yonder side Rhine river they saw a stately band,
The king and host of strangers, ride down unto the strand,
And also many a lady sitting on charger led.
By those who should receive them was goodly preparation made.
Soon they of Isenland the ship had entered then,
And with them Siegfried's vassals the Nibelungen men;
They strained unto the shore with untiring hand
When they beheld the monarch's friends upon the farther strand.
Now list ye eke the story of the stately queen,
Ute, how at her bidding ladies fair were seen
Forth coming from the castle to ride her company.
Then came to know each other full many a knight and fair lady.
The Margrave Gere but to the castle gate
The bridle held for Kriemhild; the keen Siegfried did wait
