And when the haughty stranger
still more he would provoke,
A steering board he wielded,
and into splinters broke
About the head of Hagen.
A stalwart man was he;
Whence came to Else’s boatman
much sorrow presently.
And when the haughty stranger
still more he would provoke,
A steering board he wielded,
and into splinters broke
About the head of Hagen.
A stalwart man was he;
Whence came to Else’s boatman
much sorrow presently.