Of old there were two, | while we twain were alive,

Now is none but I, | for I only am living.

[29]. “The swift Rhine shall hold | the strife-gold of heroes,

That once was the gods’, | the wealth of the Niflungs, [[493]]

In the depths of the waters | the death-rings shall glitter,

And not shine on the hands | of the Hunnish men.”

Atli spake:

[30]. “Ye shall bring the wagon, | for now is he bound.”

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[31]. On the long-maned Glaum | rode Atli the great,