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Esaias Tegner

I lived from 1782-1846. I was from Sweden, and am in the European category.

My poetry

  • Frithiof's Farewell
    No more shall I see
    In its upward motion
    23 lines
  • The Children Of The Lord's Supper
    Pentecost, day of rejoicing, had come. The church of the village
    Gleaming stood in the morning's sheen.
    367 lines
  • A Sledge-Ride On The Ice
    King Ring with his queen to the banquet did fare,
    On the lake stood the ice so mirror-clear,
    27 lines
  • Frithiof's Temptation
    Spring is coming, birds are twittering, forests leaf, and smiles the sun,
    And the loosened torrents downward, singing, to the ocean r
    57 lines
  • Frithiof's Homestead
    Three miles extended around the fields of the homestead, on three sides
    Valleys and mountains and hills, but on the fourth side was t
    45 lines

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