"The Rhine's fair children,
Bewailing their lost gold, weep"
[The Gods laugh and cross the bridge during what follows.
THE THREE RHINE-MAIDENS
Rhinegold!
Rhinegold!
Rhinegold pure!
Oh, if in the waves
There but shone still our treasure pure!
Down in the deeps
Can faith be found only:
Mean and false
Are all who revel above!
[As the Gods cross the bridge to the castle the curtain falls.
