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Rh These and other pleasant facts,

Are the properties that shine

In the Legends of the Rhine.

Maledictions, whispered vows,

Underneath the linden boughs;

Murder, Bigamy and Theft,

Travelers of goods bereft,

Rapine, Pillage, Arson, Spoil—

Everything but honest toil,

Are the deeds that best define

Every Legend of the Rhine:

That Virtue always meets reward,

But quicker, when it wears a sword;

That Providence has special care

Of gallant knight and lady fair;

That villians, as a thing of course

Are always haunted by remorse—

Is the moral I opine,

Of the Legends of the Rhine.