The first meeting
The first meeting The first fond meeting holy Is like the woodbirds’ trilling, Is like a sea-song thrilling, When red the sun sinks slowly,– Is like […]
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The Hare And The Fox The fox lay still by the birch-tree’s root In the heather. The hare was running with nimble foot O’er the heather. […]
READ MOREThe land that shall be (dedicated to herman anker and m. anker on the
The land that shall be (dedicated to herman anker and m. anker on the OCCASION OF THEIR SILVER-WEDDING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1888) Land that shall be Thither, […]
READ MOREThe Maiden On The Shore
The Maiden On The Shore She wandered so young on the shore around, Her thoughts were by naught on earth now bound. Soon came there a […]
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The meeting (AT THE STUDENT MEETING OF 1869) Thoughts toward one another coursing To their pole must run, Hearts that meet, all bonds are forcing, Like […]
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The Melody The youth in the woods spent the whole day long, The whole day long; For there he had heard such a wonderful song, Wonderful […]
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The Mother’s Song Lord! Oh, hold in Thy hand my child, Guard by the river its playing! Send Thou Thy Spirit as comrade mild, Lest it […]
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THE NORRÖNA-RACE Norröna-race’s longing, It was the sea’s free wave, And fight of heroes thronging, And honor that it gave; Their thoughts and deeds upspringing From […]
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