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(1915) Author: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Translator: Arthur Hubbell Palmer With: Arthur Hubbell Palmer
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KING FREDERIK THE SEVENTH 75

Here we stand the last sail watching
As it sinks on the horizon.

Then we turn and breathe the question:
Who again shall reunite it?

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KING FREDERIK THE SEVENTH

(1863)

Ovr King is bereft of a trusty friend!
And in dismay
We lower our banners and sad attend
On his burial day.
But Denmark, in sorrow most deep thou waitest,
For fallen the life that was warmest, greatest,
And fallen the tower
Of mightiest power.
Bewailing the death of their kingly chief,
Men voice their grief.

For Denmark’s salvation the man was born
Who now is dead.

When banished in youth from the court in scorn,
To his people he fled.

There throve he right well, there grew he together

With peasants and sailors in foul and fair weather,
While fullness of living
Its schooling was giving;

When ready for Denmark was laid the snare,
Then he was there!

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