The Gods grow wan and aged at the loss of Freia [plate 09]

Mime, howling. "Ohé! Ohé!
Oh! Oh!" [plate 10]

Mime writhes under the lashes he receives [plate 11]

Alberich drives in a band of Niblungs laden with gold and silver treasure [plate 12]

"Ohé! Ohé!
Horrible dragon,
O swallow me not!
Spare the life of poor Loge! [plate 13]

"Hey! Come hither,
And stop me this cranny!" [plate 14]

"Erda bids thee beware" [plate 15]

Fafner kills Fasolt [plate 16]

"To my hammer's swing
Hitherward sweep
Vapours and fogs!
Hovering mists!
Donner, your lord, summons his hosts!" [plate 17]

"The Rhine's fair children,
Bewailing their lost gold, weep" [plate 18]