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Rh At the sixth time, upon a tower's high crest, So high that there the eagle built his nest, So hard that on it lightnings struck in vain, Appeared in merriment the king again; 'These Hebrews good musicians are, it seems,' He said, loud laughing, 'but they live on dreams.' The princes laughed, submissive to the king, Laughed all the courtiers in a glittering ring, And thence the laughter spread through all the town.

At the seventh time,the solid walls fell down.