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Can you write a poem for me in the style of John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott?
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Sure, here's a poem in the style of John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott:
  Fourth Adventure  How Siegfried Fought with the Saxons
Thirty-Eighth Adventure  How Dietrich's Knights Were All Slain
Of his best days there were many wonders to tell, how he waxed in
They would have turned him from his quest.
companions, for thy journey.  Thou shalt receive without stint."
But these must needs hold their peace, as Gernot commanded them.
Then Siegfried was milder of his mood.
How Siegfried Fought with the Saxons
They bade lodge the envoys in town.  Albeit they were his foemen,
King Gunther answered, "Thou shalt be well paid for this."
happened, the truth whereof was proven by his bloody helmet.
The maiden was glad at the tale.
And this word pleased the knights.
"That will I gladly do," said the king; and they that heard him
beautiful maidens.
Siegfried, the son of Siegmund, made answer, "Give me thy sister
I have heard tell of wild dwarfs: how that they dwell in hollow
She promised this to the knights, and they took their leave.
And the fair maiden thanked him.
Then said Gunther, "Who shall be steersman?"
Whereto Siegfried made answer, "Yea, I know well.  They are all
courteously to them when she saw Siegfried.  "Thou art welcome,
So Siegfried saved Gunther from death.
He greeted them fair, for he was a courteous man, and he took the
Siegfried's might, they were delivered from all peril.
Wherefore array you in your best."
Never had queen so lavished a chamberlain.
The lady saw her nearest of kin standing night her--her mother's
"Tell Uta, then, the great queen, that we have prospered in our
strength.  Alack! that ever I was born!"
lovingly to thee, O Queen.  Dry thine eyes, for they will be here
So ended her sorrow and her tears.
He said, "Forget not the vow thou swarest with thy hand, that, if
And they answered with one accord, "That may she do with honour."
On maidenly wise she was shamefast at the first, yet so great was
When their word was given, Siegfried took his queen in his arms
straightway, and kissed her before the warriors.
"If only thou winnest her not for thyself.  She is my dear wife.
Scarce could he wait till they rose from the table.
The strife endured long atwixt them.  Then Siegfried got hold of
They could not have brought them better news.
Gunther's chosen warriors in Burgundy.
She said further, "Dear lord, for my love, help me thereto, that
And Siegfried answered, "They are welcome."
"Nay, let us way-weary guests stand while we tell thee Gunther's
But Siegfried said, "That can hardly be."
Then they bade the envoys sit, and set meats before them, whereof
To them that desired it horses and apparel were given.
The envoys hasted on their way, and when bold Gary was come into
Then said the queen to the Margrave, "Tell me, I prithee; cometh
Whereto Gary answered, "They will both come, and, with them, many
The women too busied them, and saw to their robes, whereon they
Leave we all this work now, to tell how Kriemhild and her maidens
Then the two queens drew nigh to each other.
Both the women were angry.
Fierce was the wrath of the women.
And Kriemhild answered, "Be it so."
"Now adorn ye, my maidens," said Siegfried's wife, "that I be not
"Whom namest thou leman?" cried the queen.
"Verily," cried Brunhild, "Gunther shall hear of it."
Gunther answered, "Evilly hath she done."
Angry words have divided many men.  Brunhild made such dole, that
Whereat the warrior began to grieve.
But Gunther said, "How meanest thou?"
The envoys won leave to go into the king, and they said they were
Then said Siegfried further, "Have no fear."
Then she told him what she had better have left unsaid.
"That will I do, dear lady," answered Hagen.
Kriemhild thought to serve Siegfried; so was the hero betrayed.
"That will I," said the king.
Loth was Siegfried to turn his rein or had he done battle for his
Hagen, the false man, had counselled this.
empty-handed."
Then Siegfried rode to his wife.
measureless dole.
She never saw him alive again.
"Let us see then," said Hagen the knight.
A glad man was King Gunther when he heard that!
"Woe is me!" cried Kriemhild.  "What meanest thou by such news?"
Then said her attendants, "What if it be a stranger?"
counselled it, and Hagen hath done it."
The messenger answered, weeping, "She mourneth with cause.  Bold
Siegfried of the Netherland is slain."
The warriors answered, "Dear lady, be it so."
"These robbers," she answered, "I know well.  God grant that his
kinsmen's hands may avenge it.  By you, Gunther and Hagen, was it
So she promised Giselher she would remain there.
When noble Kriemhild was widowed, Count Eckewart stayed by her in
But Hagen said, "I doubt that will never be."
Then began Giselher, the valiant man, to entreat her.
"He may yet make it good to her," said Gernot, the warrior.
Burgundians may rue."
But Hagen said, "Let me be the guilty one."
Then Siegfried's wife began to weep anew.
But Kriemhild answered, "To whom then should I leave my husband?"
"Leave him here," said Uta.
And the good knights were not slow to thank her.
And the Margrave said, "Thou wilt please me well thereby."
straightway.
The king asked Hagen who the knights were, and the hero of Trony
King Gunther said, "I pray thee tell me, for I would know, how it
The Margrave answered, "I will tell thee gladly."
Hagen and many another knight said the same.
But Hagen said, "I will never approve it."
Then Giselher, fair Uta's son, spake angrily, "We will not all do
Then her bitter weeping began afresh.
The Margrave answered, "I will swear it."
Her brothers said, "Promise it, sister, and give over grieving."
So the strangers fared on to the Traisem, diligently waited on by
So they lifted the queen down from her palfrey.  Etzel, the great
King Etzel said, "Next midsummer."
"Thy command shall be obeyed," answered Werbel.
Etzel's men got leave to go before Gunther.  They that saw them
They bowed before him, and Werbel answered, "My dear master, and
But knight Rumolt, the cook, said, "Strangers and friends ye can
And Schwemmel answered, "Next midsummer, without fail."
Kriemhild's heart.
Sorrowfully I stand, nor know how we shall win over."
The horses stood ready, the sumpters were laden.  As yet they had
Whereto bold Folker answered, "I will do it."
perished.  I will answer for it as seemeth good to thee."
They had to tarry there a whole day and a night.  Well they were
"I will gladly be thy envoy," answered Eckewart.
Bechlaren.  Rudeger knew him, and said, "Here cometh Eckewart,
Whereat knights and squires hasted to horse.  All that their lord
Gotelind, that sat in her chamber, had not heard the news.
Rudeger her father counselled her to say "yes," and to take him
Kriemhild stood at a window and looked out as a friend might for
Then the three kings went apart: Gunther and Gernot and Dietrich.
"Not so, by my troth," said Hagen; "I crave not the honour, great
Hagen of Trony answered, "It will all come right."
How Hagen and Folker Sat Before Kriemhild's Hall
Kriemhild's sake.
So they agreed that none should fight, whereat the queen grieved
bitterly.  The knights turned away, for the feared death from the
"I will follow," said Hagen.
None answered him.  Right wroth was he.
Then they walked the knights that still slept.
Still Etzel sat by the queen.
therewith, that his head, in its helmet, fell at their feet.
Hagen called back to him, "Who hath done it?"
Guiltless, our followers lie dead."
Kriemhild's men were sore dismayed.
Proud Kriemhild cried to Dietrich, "Help me, noble knight, by the
"Hold thy peace," cried Dietrich.  "Thou hast played the Devil."
Etzel was brave, and he grasped his shield.  "Have a care," cried
Great Etzel was grieved enow.  He wept sore for his dead men and
The best among them thought, "He sayeth sooth."
advantage.
His cheek was pale; he bare death's mark.  They grieved enow; for
The strife endured till the night.  The guests, as beseemed good
Gunther answered, "A great wrong constrained us thereto.  All my
Etzel's men were the bolder, that they might win Kriemhild's fee.
The Margrave answered, "I have never said thee nay."
The Margrave answered, "Thou grievest not more than I."
hightide.  See them now, and bear witness that I did it."
How Dietrich's Knights Were All Slain
The messenger asked, "What aileth you all?"
"What news?" cried Dietrich.  "Why weepest thou so bitterly, Sir
Hagen of Trony answered, "The news is true.  Glad were I had the
The fiddler said, "He that avoideth all that is forbidden is over
He raised his shield, and hewed his way right and left.