“Nought else will I,” quoth Siegfried,
“by that I fall or stand:
If thy strength cannot peace win
for thine own fatherland,
Then shall my strong hand rule it,
and after me mine heir;
If thou dost win, thine be it,
and we thy rule must bear.
“Nought else will I,” quoth Siegfried,
“by that I fall or stand:
If thy strength cannot peace win
for thine own fatherland,
Then shall my strong hand rule it,
and after me mine heir;
If thou dost win, thine be it,
and we thy rule must bear.