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Then one by one they told, each suitor prince the story of his love, with outstretched hands and kneeling on the knee; and very sorry and pitiful were the tales, so that often up in the galleries some maid of the palace wept. THEN ONE BY ONE THEY TOLD EACH SUITOR PRINCE THE STORY OF HIS LOVE WITH OUTSTRETCHED HANDS AND KNEELING ON THE KNEE AND VERY SORRY AND PITIFUL WERE THE TALES SO THAT OFTEN UP IN THE GALLERIES SOME MAID OF THE PALACE WEPT
n's Tears, and he that achieved them she would wed, be he only a petty duke of lands unknown to romance. And many were moved to anger, for they hoped for some bloody quest; but the old lords chamberlain said, as they muttered among themselves in a far, dark end of the chamber, that the quest was hard and wise, for that if she could ever weep she might also love. They had known her all her childhood; she had never sighed. Many men had she seen, suitors and courtiers, and had never turned her head after one went by. Her beauty was as still sunsets of bitter evenings when all the world is frore, a wonder and a chill. She was as a sun-stricken mountain uplifted alone, all beautiful with ice, a desolate and lonely radiance late at evening far up beyond the comfortable world, not quite to be companioned by the stars, the doom of the mountaineer. If she could weep, they said, she could love, they said. And she smiled pleasantly on those ardent princes, and troubadours concealing kingly names.  SONG THE QUEST OF THE QUEEN'S TEARS AND HE THAT ACHIEVED THEM SHE WOULD WED BE HE ONLY A PETTY DUKE OF LANDS UNKNOWN TO ROMANCE AND MANY WERE MOVED TO ANGER FOR THEY HOPED FOR SOME BLOODY QUEST BUT THE OLD LORD'S CHAMBERLAIN SAID AS THEY MUTTERED AMONG THEMSELVES IN A FAR DARK END OF THE CHAMBER THAT THE QUEST WAS HARD AND WISE FOR THAT IF SHE COULD EVER WEEP SHE MIGHT ALSO LOVE THEY HAD KNOWN HER ALL HER CHILDHOOD SHE HAD NEVER SIGHED MANY MEN HAD SHE SEEN SUITORS AND COURTIERS AND HAD NEVER TURNED HER HEAD AFTER ONE WENT BY HER BEAUTY WAS AS STILL SUNSETS OF BITTER EVENINGS WHEN ALL THE WORLD IS FRARE A WONDER AND A CHILL SHE WAS AS A SUN STRICKEN MOUNTAIN UPLIFTED ALONE ALL BEAUTIFUL WITH ICE A DESOLATE AND LONELY RADIANCE LATE AT EVENING FAR UP BEYOND THE COMFORTABLE WORLD NOT QUITE TO BE COMPANIONED BY THE STARS THE DOOM OF THE MOUNTAINEER IF SHE COULD WEEP THEY SAID SHE COULD LOVE THEY SAID AND SHE SMILED PLEASANTLY ON THOSE ARDENT PRINCES AND TROUBADOR'S CONCEALING KINGLY NAMES
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