Poems

A meeting … O’er uplands fresh swift sped my sleigh … A light snow fell; along the way Stood firs and birches slender. The former pondered […]

A sigh Evening sunshine never Solace to my window bears, Morning sunshine elsewhere fares;– Here are shadows ever. Sunshine freely falling, Wilt thou not my chamber […]

Alone And Repentant A friend I possess, whose whispers just said, “God’s peace!” to my night-watching mind. When daylight is gone and darkness brings dread, He […]

Answer from norway to the speeches in the swedish house of nobles, 1860 Have you heard what says the Swede now, Young Norwegian man? Have you […]

Anton martin schweigaard (in the church after the funeral oration) Give us, God, to Thee now turning, Fullness of joy, tears full and burning, Of will […]

At a banquet for professor ludv. kr. daa Youthful friends here a circle form, Elder foes now surrender. Feel among us in safety, warm, Toward you […]

At a banquet given to the deputation of the swedish riksdag to the coronation, i You chosen men we welcome here From brothers near. We welcome […]

At hansteen’s bier God, we thank Thee for the dower Thou gavest Norway in his power, Whom in the grave we now shall lay! Starlit paths […]

At michael sars’s grave Ever he would roam Toward th’ eternal home; From the least life deep in ocean To each gleam of stars in motion, […]

Ballad Of Tailor Nils If you were born before yesterday, Surely you’ve heard about Tailor Nils, who flaunts him so gay. If it’s more than a […]