bed,
   Sir Strange bold and wise.

Then they the Damsel attend to bed
   To the valiant cavalier,
Sir Strange with respectful grace
   Arose when she drew near.

“Now on your honour and knightly truth,
   Sir Strange tell to me:
Whether the King of your Danish land
   Be handsome or not to see?”

Then answer made Sir Strange good,
   Looked up to the star-lit sky:
“By the Saints above, the King of our love
   Is handsomer twice than I.”

They spread the silk upon the earth,
   And the princess led to the strand,
To her parents dear, she bade good-night,
   And away they bore from land.

It was the good Bohemian King
   To advising his daughter fell:
“Think, think my child, on honor and fame
   When thou in Denmark dwell.

“Pious and virtuous, kind and good,
   To prove thyself essay
To thy subjects all, for thus wilt thou
   Become their hope and stay.”

The nobles steered their ship from the land,
   No cares their hearts oppress,
And they the land of Denmark made
   In two months tide and less.

It was the beauteous Dagmar Queen
   Before Mando neared the land,
And lo! the bold King of Denmark rode
   His courser on the sand.

“Tell me, Sir Strange Ebbesen,
   Ere we come nearer land,
What squinting fellow ’tis who rides
   So brisk on the yellow sand?”

“Be welcome, beauteous Dagmar Queen,
   Speak thereabout no word;
For know ’tis Valdemar of Denmark,
   Of kingdoms three the lord.

“My gracious liege, lady Dagmar fair,
   Of princes he’s the flower,
He castles has, and fortresses,
   Three kingdoms own his power.”

“Shame, shame befall thee, Strange dog,
   How loudly thou canst lie;
Methinks your boasted Danish King
   Has only got one eye.”

“My lovely Dame, a warrior he,
   And the best beneath the sun;
He back to Denmark all the land
   Benorth Ebb’s stream has won.

“A man is he, and a prince full wise,
   In the face dares look his foes;
They fly before him both East and West,
   When he with fury glows.

“Who others life and land will risk
   And prove war’s pastime fell,
If a prince of blood and courageous mood
   Will risk himself as well?

“And do thou hear, my lovely maid,
   Be cheerful and content,
For ne’er so long as thou shalt live
   This step thou shalt repent.

“And all the time that thou shalt live
   Your servant I will be,
And Denmark’s gallant nobles all
   Shall bow to thee their knee.”

So they their bridal solemnized
   Beneath a lucky star;
So heartily one another loved
   Soon Valdemar and Dagmar.

There was rejoicing with great and small,
   With rich men and with poor,
But boors and burgers most of all
   Rejoiced from their heart’s core.

She came not to burden, she came in peace,
   To ease the good boor she came;
If Denmark aye such flowers had
   She dearly would prize the same!

The love of every Danish heart
   The good Queen Dagmar gained;
Such happy pleasant days there were
   Whilst she alive remained.

II.  QUEEN DAGMAR’S ARRIVAL IN DENMARK.

It was Bohemia’s Queen began
   Her