The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-13

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B u .S5 Ss S S ass SC sS.q ne 81 2 eve
Twin MAKE han the prince Of tue word
He takes the advice and goes down into the
cave, while Alborich and Mime quarrel outside
| for the possession OF the treasure which Sieg.
fried Is just se1ins, out his reuppearance seares
them away. He has chosen from the treasure
the helmet and ring ana again the bird sous
| resounds. warning him against Nime-what he
really intends he can learn by tasting the blood.
Mime has Just arrived with his potion, ana un.
Willingly ulsclOses his nafderous tnteut; the
harder he tries to get the youth n drink, and
the more wheedng tones he gives hiA voice, the
less can he command the words which esUape
at a blow
Albercn, from his hiding place. looks on with
sCorUful Joy at the ruin OF mis- rival. The sun
stands high In heav en-; Siegfried stretches him
sell In the shadow Of linden. aud the feeling OF
the solitude takes possession Of him. He sees
how the forest bird rejoices In his numerous
cOmpaniOnship u brothers and sisters, and ask 5
the bird, which has counselled INN so well be-
lore. about hts own fair cOmpanion. The bird
gives him Information Of the noble woman on
tue hane-ert HILL aud adds:
Ana ntunhlld waked
~ coward never,
But by him who knows not fear.
The delighted youth cries out With laugh:
wno Snows no fear,
My birdie, that's !. you k1owt
Tired. but ~ VAIN
Now. i'm eled with iesire
To learn the art from hrhnhilde,
But WHO 10 tue rock viii direct me'
so the bird 6utters OF. and Siegfrled follows.
sIEGrRIED RKscuEs BRrSnILDK
II Ia night and wotan calls Erda from her
sleep: she refers him to her daughter ID unhiide,
and learns rat the maiden Is under penance.
In bewilderment she fails to compreh and how
Wotan, who gave the impulse to the deed, can
blame the deed when done and refuses the god
any Kind o. answer. But wotan. IN Joyous con-
1dence. tells her to sesp on free from care the
destruction OF the gods Is nAueht to him, nay.
he even desires it, II once, IN rage and disgust
he turned the world over to the Nibelungsn, he
now devotes IL t. the fairest son Of WAlse, who
shall wake Hrunhilde. and she Will give back
the ring to its frat owner. Thus will tue world
be freed from the horrible curse.
Erda sinks down again. but Wotnn waits In tho
moonlight for sieefried. and stops him. not
naught for hts birth or training. lie even tries
u atop him from climbing to the nery clin. and
now the fun heroism of the youth shines forth !;
ne feais neither the old man warming nor the
tapping name. Wotan bars him with his spear
with the giants. and tells him that against this
spear his fathers sword once was shattered.
Hts energy now fully reused, .he youth draws
his sword and hewS the spear to pieces. Wotan
endure- II without resistance. The supremacy
OF the gods. not founded on love anu confidence,
but won by trick and violence. and ouly insured,
from time to time, by temp r'ry compac;s,
draws near itsIend. Wotan returns = Malhalla,
and orders the " at ash Tree. lyne IL the world
under the rule OF the gods, to bn felled. and the
fagots piled about tue hall. Tue g,d, must sit
by his side. while the heroes oil tne hall. with
silent and stern on his throne, he touches not
Freias apples, nut sends out hts two ravens to
reconnoitre. II they come back with the notice
that the ring has been gwen Dack to the Rhine
maidens, he Will meet destruc ion chcerfully.
SieRfried, In the mean time, has fenrlessly
pushed through tho gtrdie Of name to the nill-
top; the Ore has faded. and day. brilliant aud
beautiful. has dawned. Siegiried arrives at a
messy mound. and sees what he thinks man In
armOr; opens the harness. ana with astoni.h
meut sees beautiful womans form, In womsn's
garment, before him.
That IL no man!
Magical nre
parts Though my heartI
fierv pnlu
keiLcs mine eyes;
Ny uscs are dikzy and faintl
Whom call to save,
To lend me aid ?
Mother, motheTi
q thlnk VI me
At last he has learned fear. and learned 1t from
sleeping maiden. How shall he wake herr lie
calls her. but she does not hear: then he kisses
her pass onately; she opens her eyes. and bOth
remain lost In boxing AT each other. Then
the maiden rises so emnly and pfat-e, the gods
that 1t is siegfried who has walked her. With
melancholy she remembers her Re In Walhala,
ana 5ldly looks at her broken arm r. hardly
rec melting herself to sink To The level OF a mere
WIFE. But her love for MIN who has walked her
Is soon AT used. aud with joyous exultaton she
falls into siegfritd's eager arms.
Such Is the action of the third drama, occupy
ing from late afternoon Of one day TIL the fUre-
noon OF the next.