To Siegfried, who gain’d me, I’ve lent it.
The Walkueren:
Gav’st thou away, too, thy holiest lore,’
the runes that once Wotan had taught thee?
Bruennhild:
I taught them to Siegfried, whom love I.
(…)
The Walkueren (still closer):
Bruennhild! Bruennhild! Long-lost sister!
Ev’ry craven now can bend thee,
to cowards an easy booty! –
O burnt but the fire anew round the fell,
from shame the fenceless bride to shelter!
Wotan! All-giver! Ward off the worst!" [382W-{10-11/48} Siegfried's Death: PW Vol. VIII, p.16]
[383W-{10-11/48} Siegfried’s Death: PW Vol. VIII, p. 22]
[P. 22] {FEUER} “Alberich:
Offspring of Gods I trusted ne’er,
their blood is bred of treason:
thee, changeless one, begat I myself;
thou, Hagen, troth wilt cherish! [383W-{10-11/48} Siegfried’s Death: PW Vol. VIII, p. 22]
[384W-{10-11/48} Siegfried’s Death: PW Vol. VIII, p. 39-40]
[P. 39] {FEUER} Nixies [The three Rhinedaughters]:
Siegfried! Siegfried! We tell thee but truth!
Flee thou! Flee from the curse!
By waking Norns ‘twas woven
in the Ur-law’s endless coil.
Siegfried:
From your curse I never will flee,
nor flinch at the Norn’s weird weavings!
On what my heart is set,
Ur-law is that to me, --
And what my mind beholds,
Ever is that mine end.
(…)
Nixies:
Woe! Siegfried!
Where Gods are mourning, thou canst mock?
Siegfried:
Dawneth the day upon that heath
where heroes in care are forgath’ring, --
