"Wert thou born of a nameless wonder? shall the lies to my death-day cling?"
"How lieth Sigurd the Volsung, and the Son of Sigmund the King?"
"O bitter father of Sigurd!—thou hast cleft mine heart atwain!"
"I arose, and I wondered and wended, and I smote, and I smote not in vain."
"What master hath taught thee of murder?—Thou hast wasted Fafnir's day."
"I, Sigurd, knew and desired, and the bright sword learned the way."
"Thee, thee shall the rattling Gold and the red rings bring to the bane."
"Yet mine hand shall cast them abroad, and the earth shall gather again."
"I see thee great in thine anger, and the Norns thou heedest not."
"O Fafnir, speak of the Norns and the wisdom unforgot!"