“To me were told the tidings,
erst in my fatherland,
That here with you were dwelling
(which I would know firsthand,)
The boldest of all warriors—
oft said they so to me—
That ever monarch governed:
lo, I am come to see!
“To me were told the tidings,
erst in my fatherland,
That here with you were dwelling
(which I would know firsthand,)
The boldest of all warriors—
oft said they so to me—
That ever monarch governed:
lo, I am come to see!