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	Delve ye not fast! That labour ye shirk not Mime be surety, Or surely the lash Of my whip will find him; That where no one would guess I watch and I wander, None knows it better than he. Loitering still? Lingering there? [He pulls the ring from his finger, kiſses it and ſtretches it out in menace. Fear ye and tremble, O fallen host, And obey The ring’s dread lord! [Howling and ſhrieking, the Nibelungs, among them Mime, scatter, and creep down into the cleſts in all dirictions.
Alberich	What seek ye here?
Looks long and diſtruſtfully at Wotan and Loge.
Wotan	From Nibelheim’s gloomy realm Strange tidings have travelled up, Tales of wonders Worked here by Alberich; And, greedy of marvels, Hither came we as guests.
Alberich	By envy urged, Hither ye hie. Such doughty guests I do not mistake.
Loge	Since I am known, Ignorant elf, Say then, with growling

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