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TWO SONGS AFTER HEARING THE WAGNER STORY-BOOK: 1 by HILDA CONKLING

First Line: THE BIRDS CAME TO TELL SIEGFRIED A STORY
Last Line: THROUGH THE FIRE!

THE birds came to tell Siegfried a story,
A story of the woods out of a tree:
How the ring was fairy
And there were things it could do for him
Day and night:
How the river flowed green and wavy
Under the Rainbow Bridge,
And Brynnhilda slept in a wreath of fire.
Grane watched her, standing close beside,
Grane the big white horse,
Dear Grane of her heart.
She dreamed she was far from her father,
But Siegfried was coming,
Siegfried, through the big trees,
Up the hill,
Through the fire!









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