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Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig
Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig Poems
| 561. | Et Lidet Barn Sa Lysteligt | 1/1/2004 |
| 562. | Det Kimer Nu Til Julefest | 1/1/2004 |
| 563. | A Simple, Cheerful Active Life On Earth | 4/21/2010 |
A Simple, Cheerful Active Life On Earth
A simple, cheerful, active life on earth,
A cup I’d not exchange for monarch’s chalice,
In noble forebears’ tracks a path since birth,
With equal dignity in hut and palace,
With eye as when created heav’nward turned,
All beauty here and grandness keenly knowing,
Familiar though with those things deeply yearned,
Stilled only by eternity’s bright glowing.
I wished for all my line just such a life,
And zealously I planned for its fruition,
And when my soul grew tired from toil and strife,
The ‘Lord’s Prayer’ was its rest and its nutrition.
Then from truth’s...
The Land Of The Living
I know of a land
Where hair does not grey, and where time’s rule is banned,
Where sun does not burn, and where wave does not ring,
Where autumn embraces the blossoming spring,
Where morning and evening unceasingly dance
In noon’s brightest glance.
Oh, wonderful land,
Where glass does not run full of tear-drops as sand,
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