| Alberich
Inviſible and laughing.
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- Ha! ha! ha!
- Ha! ha! ha!
- I thank thee, blockhead;
Thy work has stood the test.
- Hoho! Hoho!
- Nibelungs all
- Bow now to Alberich!
- For he is everywhere,
- Waiting and watching;
- Peace and rest
- Are past for ever;
- Ye must all serve him
- Though see him can none;
- Where he cannot be spied
- Look out for his coming ;
None shall escape from his thraldom!
[Harshly.
- Hoho! hoho!
- Hearken, he nears:
- The Nibelung’s lord f
[The pillar of cloud disappears in the background. Alberich’s scolding voice is heard more and more faintly. Mime lies huddled up in pain. Wotan and Loge come dawn through a cleft in the rock.
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