'The Rhine's fair children, Bewailing their lost gold, weep', 1910. Artist: Arthur Rackham

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'The Rhine's fair children, Bewailing their lost gold, weep', 1910. Illustration from The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. The gods step into Walhalla and hear the weeping of the Rhinemaidens over the loss of the Rhinegold. From Das Rheingold. From a private collection.

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