| Fricka
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- Shield not the Wälsung.
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| Wotan
In a muffled voice.
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- His way let him go.
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| Fricka
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Thou wilt grant him no aid,
When to arms the avenger calls?
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| Wotan
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I shield him no more.
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| Fricka
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- Seek not to trick me;
- Look in my eyes!
The Valkyrie turn from him too.
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| Wotan
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- The Valkyrie free shall choose.
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| Fricka
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- Not so; she but acts
- To accomplish thy will;
Give order that Siegmund die.
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| Wotan
After a violent internal ſtruggle.
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- Nay, slay him I cannot,
- He found my sword!
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| Fricka
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- Remove thou the magic,
- And shatter the blade :
Swordless let him be found.
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| Brünnhilde
Is heard calling from the heights.
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- Heiaha! Heiaha!
- Hojotoho!
- Heiaha! Heiaha!
Heiohotojo! Hotojoho!
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| Fricka
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Thy valorous maiden comes;
Shouting, hither she rides.
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| Wotan
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For Siegmund I called her to horse.
[Brünnhilde appears with her horse on the rocky path to the right. When she sees Fricka she ſtops abruptly and, during the following, slowly and ſilently leads her horse down the path. She then puts it in cave.
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