“This ask I of thee, Siegfried:
the favour grant, I pray,
That I may ever thank thee,”
the warrior good did say.
But Siegfried did withstand him—
he was so bold a man!
Until King Gunther sorely
to plead with him began.
“This ask I of thee, Siegfried:
the favour grant, I pray,
That I may ever thank thee,”
the warrior good did say.
But Siegfried did withstand him—
he was so bold a man!
Until King Gunther sorely
to plead with him began.