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Der Königssohn.
PRINCE."I watch not for such captures.―"In the deep shaft of the brine"I see th' untrodden store-house"Of royal treasure shine."
V.PRINCE."The lion stalks in gloomy state"Beside the forest fountain,"He roars aloud his stern command"Over the wood-clad mountain.
"But in this hand a burly brand"To quell his might is beaming;"The golden hide that decks his side"Round me shall soon be gleaming.
"The kingly eagle floats aloft"In the pride of his rustling pinion,"With longing gaze he eyes the sun"As a crown for his high dominion.
"His path is proud above the cloud,"But a shaft more proudly flying"From my good bow-string shall check his wing,"And hurl him downward dying."
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