So great a sound of mourning
on every side was heard,
From palace walls and turrets
the echoes all were stirr’d.
By one of Dietrich’s liegemen
of Bern ’twas heard as well;
How swiftly then he started
the direful news to tell.
So great a sound of mourning
on every side was heard,
From palace walls and turrets
the echoes all were stirr’d.
By one of Dietrich’s liegemen
of Bern ’twas heard as well;
How swiftly then he started
the direful news to tell.