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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GREETINGS TO NORWAY, by JOHANN SIGURJONSSON Poet's Biography First Line: Into norway's / open coastline Last Line: Break their icy bonds. Subject(s): Norway | |||
INTO Norway's Open coastline Sink the fjords Fantastic carvings -- Scars that seam The ancient visage Of a warrior Never vanquished. Snowy white Against the heavens Towers the giant Dovre mountain. Fairness and wisdom Upon his brow, Alone -- austere He sits in judgment. Backward I look At times departed, Across the threshold Of a thousand years -- Lo, the broken shields, Bloody weapons, And shattered vessels In Hafursfjord. Sailed the vikings, Shone the ornate Dragon-heads, O'er darkling waters. Then gave Norway To a new country Boat-loads fair Of noblemen. In new surroundings The kindred tree, Changed in limb and bark And long-formed habits. But the heart and core -- Common language -- Unchanged remained, Through the ages long. Therefore, shall all The sons of Iceland Rejoice on Norway's Day of freedom. As long as thoughts of spring Foster warm impulse, And northern waters Break their icy bonds. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POEMS WRITTEN IN NORWAY IN 1899: 1. THE PENINSULA by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE POEMS WRITTEN IN NORWAY IN 1899: 2. THE CATARACT by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE POEMS WRITTEN IN NORWAY IN 1899: 3. THE LAKE by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE POEMS WRITTEN IN NORWAY IN 1899: 4. VERSES by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE OLD NORWAY; A MOUNTAIN WAR-SONG by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS LITTLE PUCKEN SINGER by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING THE DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH CAPE; FROM KING ALFRED'S OROSIUS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW MAIZE IN NORWAY by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR KING OLAF'S LILIES by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE |
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