The Nibelungenlied
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Chapter_2225

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“Now God reward thee, Rüdeger,”

spake Gernot in reply,

“For those rich gifts thou gavest:

I grieve that thou shouldst die.

If with thee there must perish

a mind so virtuous too;⁠—

Here carry I the weapon

thou gavest me, hero true!