Poems (Hooper)/The Two Kings
THE TWO KINGS.
Zwei Konige sassen auf Orkadal.
Two kings sat stately at Orcadal;Bright flamed the torch in the pillared hall.
The harpers sang. Bright sparkled the wine;The kings looked darkly into its shine.
Then spoke one: "Give thou to me the girlWith azure eyes and with brow of pearl."
The other answer'd, with angry scorn,"She's mine, and I'll keep her; so I've sworn!"
The kings spoke never another word;Each one arose, and each took his sword.
And forth from the lighted hall they go;Deep by the castle wall lies the snow.
Out flash their swords, and the lights die all;Two kings have fallen at Orcadal.Geibel.