Wotan bids farewell to his daughter Brünnhilde by Arthur Rackham 1910

"WOTAN: Farewell, thou choice unwavering child! Thou holy pastime and pride of my heart! Farewell! Farewell! Farewell! Must I forsake thee, and may I sweetly no more give thee my greeting; must we guide not again our horses together; must my cup by another be handed; after our love O am I to leave thee, thou laughing delight of my eyes; — a buoyanter beacon shall burn for thy bridal than ever has blazed for a bride! To fringe the rock a flame I will raise; with withering clasp it shall wait for the coward; the falterer fly from Briinnhilde's fence! To gain her is given but one — who is freer than I, the God!"

-Richard Wagner, Der ring des Nibelungen

Wotan bids farewell to his daughter Brünnhilde by Arthur Rackham, illustrating Wagner’s “Die Walküre”, 1910

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