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	Ye have seen The last of the gold; In the Gods’ increase of splendour Bask and sun yourselves now. [The Gods laugh and croſs the bridge during what follows.
The Three Rhine-Maidens	Rhinegold! Rhinegold! Rhinegold pure! Oh, if in the waves There but shone still our treasure pure! Down in the deeps Can faith be found only: Mean and false Are all who revel above! [As the Gods croſs the bridge to the caſtle the curtain falls.

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