Poems

Post festum A man in coat of ice arrayed Stood up once by the Arctic Ocean; The whole earth shook with proud emotion And honor to […]

Psalms I I seem to be Sundered from Thee, Thou Harmony of all creation. Am I disowned For talents loaned And useless hid in vain probation? […]

Question and answer THE CHILD Father! Within the forest’s bound No bird I found, No sound of song the woods around. THE FATHER The bird that […]

Rallying song for freedom in the north to “the united left” Dishonored by the higher, but loved by all the low,– Say, is it not the […]

Romsdal Come up on deck! The morning is clear,– Memory wakes, as the landmarks appear. How many the islands, green and cheery, The salt-licking skerries, weed-wound, […]

Secret love He gloomily sat by the wall, As gaily she danced with them all. Her laughter’s light spell On every one fell; His heartstrings were […]

Sin, death Sin and Death, those sisters two, Two, two, Sat together while dawned the morning. Sister, marry! Your house will do, Do, do, For me, […]

Song Song brings us light with the power of lending Glory to brighten the work that we find; Song brings us warmth with the power of […]

Song for norway national hymn Yes, we love this land that towers Where the ocean foams; Rugged, storm-swept, it embowers Many thousand homes. Love it, love […]

Song for the students’ glee club Now, brothers, sing out our song, Whose train of light shall follow long! With love are its measures beating And […]