Thou therefore in yon Queen’s presence be wholly void of fear.
Yield up from thy grasp the buckler, and let me bear it for thee,
And lay up in thine heart the counsel which now thou hearest of me:—
Be thine all feigning of action, by me shall the work be done.”
Then leapt his heart for gladness, when he knew it was Siegmund’s son.
“Ever hide thou my cunning devices, speak word thereof unto none:
So by the proud King’s Daughter shall little enow be won,
Through thee and thine overthrowing, of the glory she thinketh to glean.
Behold her, how yonder she standeth with scornful-arrogant mien!”
Then, then that royal maiden hurled across the field