I hope, will bear me no ill-will;

I trust he hath absolved me, for

I’ve giv’n him scope to prove his skill:

My spells have only served to show

His powers in clearer light;

The sands from whence the waters flow

Have testified his might.

“When thou, great chieftain, shalt return

To thy bright dome in Trudvang’s grove,

There shalt thou find that drinking-horn: