A very eerie valkyrie, she had taunted him to be the stronger, stronger than his will, stronger than herself, to strive with her, to master her.
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
A soft hat of Delft-blue, ornamented, valkyrie-wise, with two white wings; golden-gleaming hair overshadowing a face full of charm; blue eyes; cheeks of peach-blossom pink; firm, red lips; a well-defined chin and white throat; a soft gown, Delft-blue in color; and white gauntlet gloves-all these were in the blurred picture of that confused moment.
"The Reclaimers"
Margaret Hill McCarter
Many things will strike you in it, notably its great simplicity and the few characters amongst whom the action is distributed; but if you think of this piece as placed between the "valkyrie" and "Siegfried's Death", both of which dramas have a much more complicated action, you will, I have little doubt, in accordance with my intention, receive a peculiar and sympathetic impression from this forest scene, with its youthful, fearless solitude.
"Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1"
Francis Hueffer (translator)