Questions

This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.

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1958	Seest thou the maiden?
1958	Were not the names of those men who first delivered the message, Names to compare with the highest that under the heavens are spoken? 1958 ''Twas for thy sake that hither I came; why seek to conceal it? 1958 All the bands of the world have been loosed, and what shall unite them, Saving alone the need, the need supreme, that is on us? 1958 And shall a German dare to linger behind in his homestead? 1958 And with a kindly raillery thus thereupon he addressed her:So, then thy second betrothal is this?
1958	Are not all praising our pavement?
1958	Are not now men of high birth, the most noble, in misery roaming?
1958	But I will not oppose you, thus banded together: how could I?
1958	But what profits a man, who has not abundance of money, Being thus active and stirring, and bettering inside and outside?
1958	But who can do as the merchant does, who, with his resources, Knows the methods as well by which the best is arrived at?
1958	But who shall tell me of thee, and how thyself shouldst be treated, Thou the only son of the house, and henceforth my master?"
1958	But wilt thou pardon me, father?
1958	Did curiosity draw not man with its potent attraction, Say, would he ever have learned how harmoniously fitted together Worldly experiences are?
1958	Did not, in every man, grow courage and spirit and language?
1958	Do not the strangers who come here commend the repairs in our gateway, Notice our whitewashed tower, and the church we have newly rebuilded?
1958	Has not all this come to pass since the time of our great conflagration?
1958	Has not thy trouble been straightway transformed into gladness and rapture?
1958	Here I leave thee, and where I shall find thee again, or if ever, Who can tell?
1958	His manufactures and traffic Daily are making him richer; for whence draws the merchant not profit?
1958	Hopes he perhaps to escape the everywhere threatening evil?
1958	Makes not our carriage a handsome appearance,--the new one?
1958	Many the things I had done; but then the cost of such changes Who does not fear, especially now in this season of danger?
1958	Said we not always then he should have his own choice in the matter?
1958	Say why thou comest alone to this well which lies at such a distance, When all the rest are content with the water they find in the village?
1958	Shall he in time to come not defend us and furnish us succor?
1958	Straightway answered and said the good and intelligent mother:"Why wilt thou always, father, be doing our son such injustice?
1958	Tell me honestly, therefore, what goads thee to such a decision?"
1958	Tell me, art thou not judge among this fugitive people, Father, who thus in an instant canst bid their passions be quiet?
1958	Tell me, what burdens thy heart?
1958	Therefore speak up for thyself; what need of the tongue of another?"
1958	Thereupon all were silent and smiled; but the father made answer:''Thou knowest no one, my friend, I believe, but Adam and Eve?''
1958	Thereupon thou by the hand didst take me, and speak to me, saying,--''Lisa, how earnest thou hither?
1958	These tears in thine eyes, what has brought them?"
1958	Think ye a maiden like her, with the manners and beauty that she has, Can into woman have grown, and no worthy man''s love have attracted?
1958	Think ye that love until now can have been shut out from her bosom?
1958	Think ye we have but to come, and that then the maiden will follow Merely because we are rich, while she is poor and an exile?
1958	Was it not just now thy wish that he might with lively affection Feel himself drawn to some maiden?
1958	Will sufferings never Teach you to cease from your brawls of old between brother and brother?
1958	Ye are prosperous and glad; how then should a pleasantry wound you?
1958	and these idle tears, say, what mean they?
1958	do I find thee weeping, my son?"
1958	how camest thou hither?"
1958	thus nature protects, the stout- hearted Germans protect us, And thus protects us the Lord, who then will he weakly despondent?
1958	what drives thee here, to be sitting Under the pear- tree alone?
1958	who shall be able to tell them?
31314	Am I dreaming,said he,"or have All these men indeed forgotten, How a hundred and fifty years since Such mad peasants''jokes were punished?
31314	And what business have you running Through the city''s streets thus early?
31314	But, O wherefore, dearest father, Are you ever, ever smoking This bad poisonous tobacco? 31314 Do you see the Eminenza With that round face like the full moon, With the double chin, he''s leaning On the servant in rich livery?
31314	Have I caught thee?
31314	Have I caught thee?
31314	Leave the town now-- was I dreaming? 31314 Margaretta, sweetest darling,"Said young Werner,"could I venture?
31314	Master Werner, may God bless you, And how are you? 31314 May come here and try his fortune,"Said young Werner, as if dreaming, Mumbling to himself-- when grimly Said the Baron:"What''s the matter?
31314	My old dream, dost thou return then? 31314 My young friend,"now said the pygmy,"Tell me, pray, what are you thinking Of the gnome''s secluded dwelling?
31314	There stands someone on shore, in the storm: What do you think he''s doing? 31314 To be short, what use of speaking?"
31314	Want a big glass?
31314	What, you do not known him?
31314	What, you know it then already?
31314	Who is that?
31314	Who is yonder light- haired stranger Who there like a cat is roaming O''er the roof of Don Pagano?
31314	( Do they dream of throes of labour Which their mother- earth of old felt, When they from her womb were bursting?)
31314	( O how can the glowing sunshine, Even when its rays are gathered By adepts in their reflectors, E''er compare with Roman glances?
31314	*******"Do you hear the trumpets blowing?
31314	Across the sea my country''s shores As Hope''s bright star before me rise; Will she not open wide her doors To one who on her heart relies?
31314	And in presence of this maiden Who the trumpet there is blowing, Can a man then without blushing E''er sneer at our caterwauling?
31314	And now, where is he?
31314	And the letter read as follows:"Does my comrade still remember His old Hans von Wildenstein?
31314	And what matter that this region And myself are held as classic?
31314	And where does he go?
31314	And why mostly so in Spring- time?
31314	Are such tones not like a nosegay Made of straw, and thorns, and nettles, In the midst a prickly thistle?
31314	But be not, pray, a tell- tale, Be still, old comrade mine, What business have the Moors there With lovers on the Rhine?
31314	But for what this constant fretting?
31314	But now tell me, wherefore is it That I do so dearly love you?
31314	But the old Baron, Kindly smiling, thus continued:"You believe, perhaps, I shall now Call you to account for having Made loud music near the castle?
31314	But what saw she?
31314	But who e''er can stand''gainst numbers?
31314	But who''s wandering late at night- time Through the Corso, who is stealing Through that dark and narrow side- street?
31314	But why is it in the May month That my eyes are ever ogling, That my heart is so impassioned?
31314	By his door the"Button"landlord Asked the Baron:"Is it time now, That we put our gold and silver In the cellar''s deepest places?"
31314	Ca n''t we have a sword to cut them?''
31314	Could I speak, O could the homeless Trumpeter his yearnings utter Boldly to fair Margaretta?
31314	Darkly frowning said the Baron:"Do you want to hear from me then What your own good sense should tell you?
31314	Didst thou not belong once to the Regiment of Sudermanland?
31314	Do n''t you hear their low complaining, How the smoke from your red- clay pipe Makes them faded, gray and rusty?
31314	Do n''t you see there what a splendid Chain of honour he is wearing; How he shakes his periwig now Like th''Olympian Jupiter?"
31314	Do you hear the cannon roaring?
31314	Do you know the consequences?
31314	Do you know them?
31314	Do you know what will protect us?
31314	Do you know whose tears were flowing?
31314	Do you now expect my thanks here For the cut you had the kindness To bestow upon my arm once In the fight at Nuremberg?
31314	Do you see that little hunchback Standing there, who now is sneezing?
31314	Do you still recall her lovely Looks when first she made her entrance?
31314	Dreamily young Werner lifted Unto her his raptured gaze:"Am I dying, or is doubly My young life to me now given?"
31314	Ever the first prize is given To the poet; but a garland Or a laurel- crown, what are they?
31314	Had the sun then Blinded suddenly his eyesight, Or the fair young maiden''s beauty?
31314	Half unconscious gazed young Werner; Did he then behold a vision?
31314	Hard lay the winter On th''eternal sev''n- hilled city: Hard?
31314	Has he read perhaps his music In the fair young lady''s eyes?"
31314	Has the sky not deeper colours?"
31314	Have ye never heard the legend Of the court- day, and Count Ursus, Which the statues o''er the church door Have preserved e''en to the present?
31314	Have you ne''er the wondrous story Found in ancient books related, Of the spring, wherein the hoary Plunged, then rose rejuvenated?
31314	I should really like to know now, If he''s thinking of his love yet?"
31314	Is it, then, your country''s custom, That a woman''s love is won there, Without words by trumpet- blowing?"
31314	Is the fever Coming once again to plague you?"
31314	It is the same old story, I think of nothing more But silence and forgetting-- Forget what I adore?
31314	Margaretta stood confounded At the arbour''s shady entrance:"Came he here?
31314	My old dream, why dost thou haunt me Even in these sacred precincts?"
31314	No, I only wish to ask you, Whether you would like here often As last night to blow the trumpet?
31314	Now onward!--Mock us?
31314	Now the pygmy:"And what business Have you in our vale at all?"
31314	Oh Ponte Molle, thou bridge of renown, Hast thou on my head called witchcraft down For my love- sick and dreamy talking?
31314	Oh Ponte Molle, what is the cause That I between my glasses now pause, Can hardly to drink be persuaded?
31314	Oh Roman girl, why lookest thou At me with burning glances?
31314	Or did Cupid with his flaming Love- torch wander through the forest?
31314	Or is it you yourself who meets mine eyes?"
31314	Or is old Vesuvius growling?
31314	Or, perhaps, was it a signal, Like the call of the lost huntsman?
31314	Rassmann, wherefore didst thou die?
31314	Rassmann, wherefore didst thou die?"
31314	Shall I take it to the castle, Take it in my careful keeping?
31314	So I ask you, shall my Damian Start upon a tour of courtship To your castle on the Rhine?
31314	Then I hear the aged Baron Asking sharply:''What''s the meaning Of these banners and this uproar?''
31314	Then came-- Who can count, however, All these instrumental players?
31314	There the cook sings in the kitchen-- Is love also her head turning?
31314	Therefore I shall also try it, On light pinions freely winging; For, who dares deny our talent, Takes from cats the right of singing?
31314	They roll and float like ghostly troops Round Cestius''Pyramid in groups; What are the dead there wanting?
31314	Thou fresh young player in wood and mead, Thou sun whose light is my daily need, When wilt thou send me a token?
31314	V. Oh Roman girl, why lookest thou At me with burning glances?
31314	Were they fireworks which the pine woods Fondly burned to do thee honour?
31314	Were those tears which Glistened brightly on his trumpet, Or some rain- drops which had fallen?
31314	Werner gazed at him with terror And he asked:"Is this a statue, Or a man of flesh and blood?"
31314	What''s his business?--He''s a German, And who knows what they are doing?
31314	What''s the use?
31314	Whence doth come that trumpet- blowing?"
31314	Where are Parcival and Theuerdank?
31314	Where his country and his parents?
31314	Where the devil have you picked up All these pretty compositions?
31314	Where''neath the bridge the waters foam, Dame Trout was swimming downward, And met her cousin Salmon there:"How are you, river- comrade?"
31314	Wherefore has he left his trumpet Here so wholly unprotected?
31314	Which the air was bearing farther, Farther-- ah, who knoweth where?
31314	Who can really thus compel us?
31314	Who first ever did invent it?
31314	Who now from the goal is farthest, Clear green river, thou or I?"
31314	Who''s clattering from the tower To me a greeting queer?
31314	Why do mostly so the youthful?
31314	Why should not, from soil Germanic, Spring the flower of her own law, Simple, full of forest fragrance-- No luxuriant southern climber?
31314	Why then is it, I ask vainly, Why do people kiss each other?
31314	Will she not greetings kind express, And warmly clasp the stranger''s hand?
31314	Will you know its name?
31314	Will you treat to such fine music The wild beasts here of our forest, Stag and doe, and fox and badger?
31314	Woman''s heart, so gentle, timid, What gave thee such courage then?
31314	Worn- out world, when wilt thou die?"
31314	answered Then loquaciously another,"Him, the Chevalier Bernini?
31314	dost thou know what true love is?
31314	he said,"what''s that I hear there?
31314	if I begged you: Werner stay and do remember The poor suffering Margaretta?
31314	now asked another,"That imposing- looking person?
31314	there is a howling; Is the surf thus loudly roaring?
7321	Hear''st thou the music, Hagen,/ that yonder Volker Doth fiddle for the Hun- men,/ when near the door they go? 7321 How long shall we keep saddle?"
7321	How received thee my sister,/ as thou cam''st to this country? 7321 Shall thus my hospitality/ unto these knights be brought to naught?"
7321	When saw ye thanes so many/ come a truce to make With helmet firmly fastened/ and bearing sword in hand? 7321 Wherefore should I so many/ a knight full valiant lose, Who to us in service/ is bounden with thy man?"
7321	/ And marketh yet her life Aught of the noble bearing/ did her erstwhile adorn?"
7321	/ Dietrich spake again,"That so worthy heroes/ here should all be slain By the battle- weary/ strangers thus beset?
7321	/ Dietrich spake once more;"Yet, O doughty Helfrich,/ wherefore dost weep so sore?"
7321	/ Do ye not understand?
7321	/ He spake:"What may it be Of wrong that grieveth Kriemhild,/ as thou hast told to me?"
7321	/ Hither sent are ye By Etzel mighty monarch/ unto the land of Burgundy?"
7321	/ How bore I so great blame?
7321	/ How hath you harmed my hand?
7321	/ How there it is, who knows?
7321	/ Kriemhild did summon then 698 Hagen of Tronje to her/ and Ortwein instantly: And would they and their kinsmen/ make her good company?
7321	/ Lies any of them dead?
7321	/ Spake Gunther eagerly:"How now liveth Siegfried,/ whose arm hath oft befriended me?"
7321	/ Spake he then full angrily: 1625"How may this be, friend Hagen?
7321	/ The company then did greet Siegfried the keen and doughty:/"Who now within the green Unto the game shall guide us,/ ye warriors so bold and keen?"
7321	/ What booted him to be a king?
7321	/ What had I done to thee, Of my every comfort/ in such manner reft to be?
7321	/ What were I unto one, Who e''er at heart the joyance/ of a noble wife hath known?"
7321	/ Where now what thou hast sworn?
7321	/ Wherefore should we refrain?
7321	/ Who this thing hath done?"
7321	/ Wilt not the play begin, To which so oft hath challenged/ thee the noble queen?
7321	/ Wrathful grew his mood:"Fie, ye caitiff villains,"/ spake the hero good,"Would ye us so foully/ have murdered while we slept?
7321	/ the Lady Kriemhild cried;"Wherefore will now my brother/ and Hagen not confide To me their shields for keeping?
7321	/ the lofty monarch spake:"Etzel hath sent us message,/( why further question make?)
7321	/--What sport to valiant men more dear?
7321	1010 Then spake her attendants:/"What if''t a stranger were?"
7321	1031 Then spake she rich in sorrow:/"What thing beginnest thou, Good my lord Siegmund?
7321	1078"How might I for ever/ look with eyes upon Him that to me, poor woman,/ such evil thing hath done?"
7321	1107 Then spake of Tronje Hagen:/"Now seek''st thou such an end, That unto thee thy sister/ be well- disposed friend?
7321	1145 Then spake the mighty monarch:/"How might that come to pass Since that I am a heathen,/ nor named with sign of cross?
7321	1147 Then spake the noble monarch:/"Who is''mong men of mine, That knoweth land and people/ dwelling far by Rhine?"
7321	1154 Then spake the mighty monarch:/"When now wilt thou fare To seek the lovely lady?
7321	1181 Then straightway spake the monarch:/"How shall I understand That he of Bechelaren/ should come unto this land?"
7321	1204"Wherefore,"spake then Gunther,/"should I allow it not?
7321	1206"Wherefore?"
7321	1238 Then spake the royal lady:/"How might again my life Have thereof desire/ to be a hero''s wife?
7321	1245"Brother loved full dearly,/ wherefore dost counsel it?
7321	1431 And spake the monarch further:/"Who here may understand Whence do come these strangers/ riding unto our land?"
7321	1484 Thereto spake King Gunther:/"Can ye surely say When shall be the high- tide,/ or upon what day We shall there assemble?"
7321	1490 Thereat the lord of Rhineland/ was seen in high displeasure, That they should thus accept not/ so mighty monarch''s treasure?
7321	15"Of spouse, O darling mother,/ what dost thou tell to me?
7321	1529"How wilt reproach me, Hagen?"
7321	1545 As went he angry- minded/ one from afar did say:"Now tarry still, Sir Hagen;/ why so dost haste away?
7321	1577 Then outspake Sir Gernot,/ knight of Burgundy:"What boots it thee, Sir Hagen,/ that thus the chaplain die?
7321	1594"Who will guide our vanguard/ through this hostile land?"
7321	1604 Then spake of Tronje Hagen:/"And was the boatman thine That would not take us over?
7321	1609 How might ever heroes/ show doughty arm so well?
7321	1676 Then outspake the margrave:/"How might such thing be, That king should e''er desire/ daughter born to me?
7321	1680 What thing is doomed to happen,/ who may the same prevent?
7321	1727"Whereof shall I be fearful?"
7321	1730 The lord of Bern gave answer:/"What need to tell you more?
7321	1741"Now shall ye eke the story/ to me more fully say: The Nibelungen treasure,/ where put ye that away?
7321	1754"How may I then perceive it/ that fierce his wrath doth glow?"
7321	1764 They to their mistress answered:/"Such thing, how hath it been?
7321	1774"Know''st thou, perchance, friend Hagen,/ if hate to thee they bear?
7321	1777"Now tell me, friend Volker,/ wilt thou beside me stand, If seek to work me evil/ here Kriemhild''s band?
7321	1789 Quoth she:"Now tell me further,/ wherefore didst thou that Whereby thou hast deserved/ my everlasting hate?
7321	1790 Spake he:"Why parley further,/ since further word were vain?
7321	1794 Outspake one of their number:/"Wherefore look thus to me?
7321	1846 Straightway then unto them/ aloud did Volker call:"How go ye thus in armor,/ ye valiant warriors all?
7321	1886 Then again quoth Volker:/"How may I stay my hand?
7321	1949"How now, ye stewards?"
7321	1953 Straight he cried in answer:/"Who hath done such deed?"
7321	1984"How may my help avail thee,/ noble queen and high?"
7321	1991 He spake:"Full noble Dietrich,/ what here on thee is wrought By any of my warriors?
7321	1993"How plead''st thou thus so early?"
7321	2033"Seest thou, friend Hagen,/ yonder Iring go, Who all alone to front thee/ with his sword did vow?
7321	2133 What need of further story?
7321	2158 Thereto replied King Etzel:/"Who then gave help to me?
7321	2159 Again gave answer Ruediger:/"How may that ever be?
7321	2188 Then out spake of Burgundy/ the son of Ute fair:"How dost thou so, Sir Ruediger?
7321	2229"What boots it, royal Etzel,/ that we did ever share With him what he desired?
7321	2237"Else how might they ever/ all show such dire need?
7321	2242 Questioned then the messenger:/"What hath here been wrought?"
7321	2244"What the news thou bringst us?"
7321	226"How has my good brother/ Gernot in battle sped, And how my other kinsmen?
7321	2316"Canst thou, Master Hildebrand,/ true the tidings say, Who might be the warrior/ that Ruediger did slay?"
7321	2318"Who here shall do thee service?"
7321	2320"How might it ever happen?"
7321	2321"Since that fate not further/ to me would respite give, Then tell me, of the strangers/ doth any longer live?"
7321	2323"Helfrich, thane full valiant,/ and is he likewise slain?
7321	2329 Addressed to them Sir Dietrich/ these words of sorrowing:"Wherefore hast thou such evil,/ Gunther mighty king, Wrought''gainst me a stranger?
7321	2330"Seemed then not sufficient/ the havoc unto you When from us the hero/ Ruediger ye slew, That now from me ye''ve taken/ my warriors one and all?
7321	2334"What shall I else believe in?
7321	2344 Thereto gave answer Hildebrand:/"From thee reproach like that?
7321	274"What were a man''s chief pleasure,/ his very joy of life, An''t were not a lovely maiden/ or a stately wife?
7321	285 He thought with heart despairing,/"How could it ever be, That I should win thy favor?
7321	321"Whither, O noble Siegfried,/ wilt thou now from us ride?
7321	332 He spake:"And wilt thou help me,/ noble Siegfried, To win the lovely maiden?
7321	346 Then spake of Tronje Hagen/ with noble courtliness:"Why wilt thou of thy mother/ beg such services?
7321	359"And who are your companions,"/ further questioned she,"Who with you apparelled/ now for court shall be?"
7321	421"Born is he of Rhineland:/ what need I say more?
7321	438 When the doughty Hagen/ the shield saw thither brought, Spake the knight of Tronje,/ and savage was his thought:"Where art thou now, King Gunther?
7321	442 Within his soul he thought him:/"What pickle am I in?
7321	453"What is that hath touched me?"
7321	490''How dared he thus awaken/ brave knights within the hall?''
7321	508 As gazed from lofty parapet/ women fair to see, Spake the queen unto them:/"Knows any who they be, Whom I see yonder sailing/ upon the sea afar?
7321	522 Then spake the royal lady:/"To whom leave I my lands?
7321	55"Shall we by that be hindered?"
7321	619 Then spake who ruled the country:/"What aileth, lady mine, That so thou let''st be dimmed/ thine eyes that brightly shine?
7321	672 What booted now his prowess/ and eke his mickle might?
7321	691 She spake unto her husband:/"When shall we hence depart?
7321	727"How might we bring them hither"/--spake the mighty king--"Unto this my country?
7321	749"Since that we from them parted/ hath any dared to do Scathe to my lady''s kinsmen?
7321	758 He asked what they did counsel:/ should they unto the Rhine?
7321	771 Then spake unto the Margrave/ the noble monarch''s wife:"Now tell me, cometh Kriemhild?
7321	816 Then spake the Lady Brunhild:/"How might such thing be?
7321	822"And these my noble brothers,/ how could they such thing see, That I of their own liegeman/ e''er the wife should be?
7321	840"Whom mak''st thou now a harlot?"
7321	841"How did thy senses leave thee?
7321	842"What reck I of such evil?
7321	856 When that angry- minded/ Siegfried them did see, Nor knew thereof the reason,/ straightway then spake he:"Why do weep these ladies?
7321	867"Shall we rear race of bastards?"
7321	874 Then spake the monarch Gunther:/"How might such thing e''er be?"
7321	914 Straightway spake the monarch:/"Wilt thou but one alone?
7321	94"They had there of their followers/ twelve warriors keen, And strong they were as giants:/ what booted giants e''en?
7321	989 Then spake the sorely wounded:/"O ye base cowards twain, Doth then my service merit/ that me ye thus have slain?
7321	Aloud she then in terror/''fore Hildebrand did wail, Yet that she shrieked so loudly,/ to save her what might that avail?
7321	And had she struggled further,/ avail how could it aught?
7321	And if of Tronje Hagen/ hath mind there to remain, By whom might they in coming/ through unknown lands be shown?
7321	Bread and wine whence hast thou/ and food sufficiently, Over night to harbor/ of guests so great a train?"
7321	Doth lying sort with honor?
7321	Exiled from my country/ here with my spouse I dwell: What avails the maiden,/ be she favored ne''er so well?"
7321	For Gerbart and Wichart/ when shall I cease to plain?
7321	Gunther, the noble monarch,/ with loudest voice did say:"The knight of Bern who wrongs me,/ whither hath he fled away?"
7321	He spake unto the monarch--/ full cunningly was done all that: 471"Why bidest thus, my master?
7321	He spake:"To whom now leave ye/ people here and land?
7321	He went unto the monarch/ and straight addressed him so:"This night how hast thou fared?
7321	His hands in such weird fashion/ who now from out mine own hath drawn?"
7321	How dare we ever journey/ then unto King Etzel''s land?"
7321	How himself might Siegfried/ guard against such guile As there they planned against him,/ he or ever one?
7321	How let his love deceive thee,/ since he thy liegeman is?
7321	How liveth royal Etzel,"/ further spake the king,"And Kriemhild, my sister,/ afar in Hunland?"
7321	How long shall we here friendless/ this woeful travail yet endure?"
7321	How may I more make music/ thus by thee bereft of hand?"
7321	How may I''mid warriors/ appear in royal state?
7321	How might it ever happen/ that we all were slain Afar in Etzel''s country/ through hate of any man?"
7321	Loud the valiant Volker/ straight began after this sort 1803 Unto his royal masters:/"How long will ye stand so, That foes may press upon you?
7321	Meat and drink I offered/ to them in friendly way, And gave them of my bounty:/ how shall I seek them here to slay?
7321	Now tell me, when the message/ heard he, what did Hagen speak?"
7321	Of hell the very Devil,/ how might he save his skin?
7321	Or forth, perchance, a- robbing,/ Kriemhild''s men, go ye?
7321	Quoth he:"Who now that knocketh/ at the door in such strange wise?"
7321	Spake Etzel to the strangers:/"What will ye now of me?
7321	Spake she unto Ruediger:/"How dost thou now our love requite, 2148"That for me and thy master/ thou bring''st increase of woe?
7321	Tell me now what bring ye/ from Worms across the Rhine, That ye so greatly welcome/ should ever be to land of mine?"
7321	The Dwarf began to question:/"Thy name, what may it be?"
7321	The knight of Bern gave message:/"How might such thing be?
7321	Then all around did clamor:/"Who hath the slayer been?"
7321	Then outspake King Gunther:/"Who now is here the ship to guide?"
7321	Then spake Queen Brunhild:/"Good monarch, let me know, Shall I go forth to greet them,/ or shall I greetings high forego?"
7321	Thereof will I instruct thee/ ere three days are passed by-- Ere I her mind have sounded,/ wherefore to Etzel this deny?"
7321	Thereupon would Hagen/ longer not delay:"Who rideth on the highway?"
7321	Thought ye then not singly/ me in combat to withstand?"
7321	Thyself hast brought dishonor/ upon thy fair body: How might, forsooth, a harlot/ ever wife of monarch be?"
7321	What avails thy weeping?
7321	What booted swiftest valor?
7321	What boots it if my anger/ I vent the knight upon?
7321	What now avails the greeting/ the king to us did send?
7321	What was its earliest poetic form, and what series of transformations did it pass through during seven centuries of growth?
7321	What, then, has been the history of its evolution?
7321	When Hagen me did question/ where might one pierce him through, How might e''er thought come to me/ that hate his heart did bear?
7321	When heard he what they counselled,/ spake he free from treachery: 866"Ye good knights and noble,/ wherefore do ye that?
7321	Whereby had ever Ruediger/ from them deserved such ill?
7321	Whereby have I deserved/ from the Huns such mortal hate?
7321	Wherefore shall I prevent her,/ whate''er therewith she do?
7321	Wherefore should I honor/ who bears ill- will to me?
7321	Wherefore such fair body/ wilt thou to ruin give?
7321	Wherefore unto mine enemies/ such mickle treasure go?
7321	Wherefore wilt thou taunt me/ that I the combat shun?
7321	Wherefore, O king faint- hearted,/ seek''st thou such thing''gainst me to do?"
7321	Wherein the priest''s offending,/ thus thy malice to incur?"
7321	Who in such wondrous manner,/ and while good friends are near, Hath of my child bereft me/ and thee of spouse thou hold''st so dear?"
7321	Who might e''er give the picture,/ how the king eft sat on throne?
7321	Who now shall be my helpers/ in the Amelungen land?
7321	Who now will tell the ladies/ I would with them confer?"
7321	Who was then on shield so idle/''fore the Waskenstein that sat, The while that Spanish Walter/ friend after friend laid low?
7321	Who wrought most deeds of valor?
7321	Why keep ye us here waiting?
7321	Why should I aught refuse her,/ who all my heart hath won?
7321	Will they forsooth assail me,/ whereof else have I need?
7321	With thought of battle- order/ Siegfried the thanes addressed:"Who now shall guard our followers/ from danger in the rear?"
7321	Yet where may King Gunther/ my noble brother be?
7321	did Werbel/ that same minstrel moan;"What, Sir Hagen of Tronje,/ have I to thee done?
7321	quoth Hagen,/"what seeks the king for bride?
7321	who bringeth comfort/ now to the noble margrave''s wife?"