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Karin Boye

I lived from 1900-1941. I was from Sweden, and am in the European category.

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  • A Buddhist Fantasy
    Unlocked is the world's copper gate.
    High in its gate-vault here I stand,
    12 lines
  • Evening Prayer
    No time is like this one,
    the evening's final, silent hour.
    16 lines, 1 comment
  • Idea
    Here I go not. This is not I.
    This is a lying reflection alone,
    20 lines
  • Spring Song
    In springtime, in sprouting time,
    the seed its shell destroys,
    4 lines
  • The Best
    The best that we possess,
    we cannot give away.
    12 lines
  • To A Sphinx
    You are like the mollusc in chilly ponds
    where sunbeams never get.
    32 lines
  • Crossroads
    Candles I saw burning, yes, holy candles on the eternal
    mountaintops.
    21 lines
  • Clouds
    See the mighty clouds, whose distant lofty tops
    proud, shimmering rise, white as white snow!
    12 lines
  • Man's Multiplicity
    We were born of mothers of heaven and earth
    and of powers with no end in view,
    20 lines
  • Morning Song
    This is life's silent hour,
    sunny and blessed,
    37 lines
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