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- But to discover
- What cannot be,
- What none can do,
No man can possibly promise.
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| Fricka
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- See the treacherous
- Rogue thou didst trust!
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| Froh
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- Named art Loge,
- But liar I call thee!
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| Donner
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- Accursèd flame,
I will quench thy fire!
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| Loge
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- From their shame to shelter,
- Foolish folk flout me.
[Donner threatens to ſtrike Loge.
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| Wotan
Stepping between them.
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Forbear and let him alone!
Ye wot not Loge’s wiles.
- His advice,
- Given slowly, gains
Both in weight and in worth.
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| Fafner
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- Do not dally;
- Promptly pay!
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| Fasolt
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- Long waits our reward.
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| Wotan
Turns ſternly to Loge.
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- Speak up surly one!
- Fail me not!
How far hast thou ranged and roamed?
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| Loge
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- Still with reproach
- Is Loge paid!
- Concerned but for thee,
- Thorough and swift,
- I searched and ransacked
- To the ends of the earth
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