The smiths were bidden quickly
a coffin to devise
Of gold y-wrought and silver,
strong and of mickle size;
They bade them firmly bind it,
with temper’d steel and good.
Then truly all the people
were sorrowful of mood.
The smiths were bidden quickly
a coffin to devise
Of gold y-wrought and silver,
strong and of mickle size;
They bade them firmly bind it,
with temper’d steel and good.
Then truly all the people
were sorrowful of mood.