Yea, Gunther withal with his kinsfolk dwelt amid all men’s praise.
All the land of the Niblungs was bowed under Siegfried’s sway,
—Such wealth had none of his kinsfolk as gathered in that Hoard lay—
With all the knights of Schilbung and the slain kings’ treasure-store;
And for this cause heart-uplifted was the hero yet the more.
Yea, a Hoard, of treasures the hugest that ever hero won,
Save the lords that of old possessed it, had Siegfried gained for his own,
The which by the Misty Mountain his right hand took in fight,
When he dealt for its sake the death-stroke unto many a stalwart knight.
He was crowned with the fulness of honour—yea, had his portion been less,