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Idyls of Norway and other poems

Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth (1848-1895)

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DEDICATION TO L. K. B.

THE LOST HELLAS.

ELEGY ON A. G. L.

THE MINSTREL AT CASTLE GARDEN.

ELEGY ON PRESIDENT GARFIELD.

IDYLS OF NORWAY.

EARL SIGURD'S CHRISTMAS EVE., Etc.

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1.

I SAT AND GAZED INTO THE BURNING SKY.

2.

I SAW THE LILY PALE AND PERFECT GROW.

3.

WITHIN THE ROSE I FOUND A TREMBLING TEAR.

4.

HOW CAN I LIGHTLY SPEAK THY WONDROUS NAME.

5.

AN ANXIOUS WHISPER STEALS UNTO MY EAR.

6.

THY GRACIOUS FACE I GREET WITH GLAD SURPRISE.

7.

YES, MY OLD SELF IS DEAD; AND IT IS WELL.

8.

IF I SHOULD LOSE THEE, DARLING, AND BEHOLD.

9.

I SAW THEE DRIFTING, DRIFTING FAR AWAY.

10.

I WONDER OFT WHY GOD, WHO IS SO GOOD.

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	Idyls of Norway and other poems

Idyls of Norway and other poems

Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

1848-1895

Charles Scribner's Sons

New York

1882

	Idyls of Norway and other poems