Poems and SongsAmerican-Scandinavian Foundation, 1915 - 264 стор. |
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Сторінка xii
... strikingly represented the past of Norway as well as his contemporary age . He was a modern blending of the heroic chieftain and the gifted skald of ancient times . -- He was the first leader of his country in xii INTRODUCTION.
... strikingly represented the past of Norway as well as his contemporary age . He was a modern blending of the heroic chieftain and the gifted skald of ancient times . -- He was the first leader of his country in xii INTRODUCTION.
Сторінка xiii
... skald of his people , almost equally endowed with genius as a narra- tive , a dramatic , and a lyric poet ; with talents scarcely less remarkable as an orator , a theater - director , a journalistic tribune of the people ( his newspaper ...
... skald of his people , almost equally endowed with genius as a narra- tive , a dramatic , and a lyric poet ; with talents scarcely less remarkable as an orator , a theater - director , a journalistic tribune of the people ( his newspaper ...
Сторінка xxi
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. at once simple and complex . It is in them that the skald and chieftain so typically blend in one . Of this group the influence has been widest and deepest . In his oration at the unveiling of the statue of ...
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. at once simple and complex . It is in them that the skald and chieftain so typically blend in one . Of this group the influence has been widest and deepest . In his oration at the unveiling of the statue of ...
Сторінка 157
... skald discovered Shining domes in the cloud - mists , that hovered . And that was Olaf Trygvason , Seemed to see before his eyes Mottled and gray some timeless temple Lifting white domes to the skies . Sorely he longed to win it , Stand ...
... skald discovered Shining domes in the cloud - mists , that hovered . And that was Olaf Trygvason , Seemed to see before his eyes Mottled and gray some timeless temple Lifting white domes to the skies . Sorely he longed to win it , Stand ...
Сторінка 228
... skald , who sang his deeds and Norway's sorrow over his death . Olaf the Saint ( 1015-1030 ) was a man of force and daring , as is shown by his going on viking expeditions when only twelve years old . He became a Christian in Normandy ...
... skald , who sang his deeds and Norway's sorrow over his death . Olaf the Saint ( 1015-1030 ) was a man of force and daring , as is shown by his going on viking expeditions when only twelve years old . He became a Christian in Normandy ...
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battle bearing beauty Bergen Björnson born cheer Christian Christiania church Copenhagen Danish Dannebrog daring death deeds Denmark died dreams Einar eternal eyes fair faith father fight fjord flag flag of Norway flowers freedom future gave glad greet Grundtvig Haakon Haakon Jarl Hamar-made matches Harald Harald Fairhair Harald Gille heart heaven Henrik Wergeland Herman Anker honor Johan JOHAN SVERDRUP King land life's lift light of God's lyric Magnus melody memory Molde morning mountains N. F. S. GRUNDTVIG nation neath never night Norse Norsemen Northern Norway Norway's Norwegian o'er ocean Olaf Trygvason peace peasants poet political pure rumbled yonder sail Scandinavism SIGURD SLEMBE sing skald smiling soon sorrow soul spirit stand Stanza stood Storting student sunshine-day Sweden Swedish thanks thee thine Thou thought twined unto victory Vinje wander Welhaven Wergeland words written youth
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Сторінка 23 - As our fathers' conflict gave it Vict'ry at the end, Also we, when time shall crave it, Will its peace defend. " In the year 1881 speaking at the unveiling of the statue of Wergeland in Christiania Bjornson said that he and Norway's constitution grew up together. In a broader and higher sense we may say that Bjornson and Norway's full freedom and independence grew up together to the completeness that was...
Сторінка 21 - Yes, we love this land that towers Where the ocean foams; Rugged, storm swept, it embowers Many thousand homes.
Сторінка 246 - I was sitting in my garret room in the Upper Wall Street giving a lesson to a young lady, some one in the street pulled the bell cord as if he were trying to tear out the whole thing. Then there was a clattering as if a wild horde were breaking in, and a voice shouting, 'Forward! Forward! Hurrah! I have it! Forward!