Have only bidden been
“That ye should thereby perish,
In royal Etzel’s land;
And all who thither ride,
To death extend the hand!”
Then Hagen, seized with fury, cried: “Now, by my faith, thou liest in thy speech! No cause is it for all to die that one among us hath incurred deep hate.”
Again the nymph in sorrow spoke:
“Yet fate hath so declared,
Of all your gallant company
Shall only one be spared—