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Der Königssohn.
VII.There stands a high and rugged rock,The eagles round it flyingNe'er venture down amid its crags,Where they see the Dragon lying:
For there the Breather of the FlameIts fearful form lay coiling,With glittering crest, and scale-clad breastWith fiery venom boiling.
All all unarm'd—all all alone—The Prince o'er the crags has past;His arms are wound the Dragon around,And he gripes it to him fast.
Thrice has he kist its threatening mouth;The spell is snapt asunder;—A maid is folded to his breast,The wide world's beauteous wonder.
He has a glorious crowned brideUpon his heart to pillow.Where frown'd the rock, a royal domeO'erlooks the ocean billow.
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