Almighty powers! That was a shot indeed!
It will be talked of to the end of time.
HARRAS.
This feat of Tell, the archer, will be told
Long as these mountains stand upon their base.
[Hands the apple to GESSLER.]
GESSLER.
By Heaven! the apple's cleft right through the core.
It was a master shot, I must allow.
RÖSSEL.
The shot was good. But woe to him who drove
The man to tempt his God by such a feat!
STAUFF.
Cheer up, Tell, rise! You've nobly freed yourself,
And now may go in quiet to your home.