THE COLLECTED POEMS OF HENRIK IBSEN Translated by John ...

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Is to bear North its message
Of Memory’s poesy.
Henr.Ibsen
Triple potency — the collaboration of Norway, Sweden and Denmark to form one
Scandinavian bloc.
SONG
at
THE CELEBRATION AT KLINGENBERG
17 th May 1858
Mel: “Høiest løfter jeg nu Guldpokalen.”
Brother Norsemen, let your song go swinging
Fairly o’er the fell;
Set your joy in freedom freely winging
In bright evening’s spell!
Let your joyous lay be dedicated
As a festive song
To the strivers who’ve worked hard and long
That your birthright may be reinstated!
But a solemn vow too must be blended
In your sounding lay:
Vow that Memory’s range shall be extended
And enriched some day: —
Vow to stand unmoved, like sturdy paling,
By your legacy, —
Guard it with mind’s perspicacity,
Ward it well ΄gainst fury’s weapon-flailing!
Yes, that gift you’ll honour by your striving,
To the North you’ll tell
That the Bygone’s golden seeds are thriving
Freshly on the fell!
Hail, then, Norway’s muster, fair and vernal!
In its freedom see
No bedizened, rootless maypole tree,
But a sturdy pine-tree that’s eternal!
Henr.Ibsen
Klingenberg, the oldest and best known amusement park in Christiania, later named the
Tivoli.
KING HAAKON’S BANQUET HALL,
a narrative poem.
(By Henrik Ibsen)
In Bergen’s burgh high revelry;
King Haakon’s hall rejoices;