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STAVE IN “GUNNAR.”

He.
There standeth a birch in the lightsome lea—

She.
In the lightsome lea;

He.
So fair she stands in the sunlight free—

She.
In the sunlight free.

Both.
So fair she stands in the sunlight free.

She.
High up on the mountain there standeth a pine—

He.
There standeth a pine;

She.
So stanchly grown and so tall and fine—

He.
So tall and fine.

Both.
So stanchly grown and so tall and fine.

He.
A maiden I know as fair as the day—

She.
As fair as the day;

He.
She shines like the birch in the sunlight's play—

She.
In the sunlight's play.

Both.
She shines like the birch in the sunlight's play.

She.
I know a lad in the spring's glad light—

He.
In the spring's glad light;

She.
Far-seen as the pine on the mountain-height—

He.
On the mountain-height.

Both.
Far-seen as the pine on the mountain-height.

He.
So bright and blue are the starry skies—

She.
The starry skies;

He.
But brighter and bluer that maiden's eyes—

She.
That maiden's eyes.

Both.
But brighter and bluer that maiden's eyes.

She.
And his have a depth like the fiord I know—

He.
The fiord I know;

She.
Wherein the heavens their beauty show—

He.
Their beauty show.

Both.
Wherein the heavens their beauty show.

He.
The birds each morn seek the forest glade—

She.
The forest glade;

He.
So flock my thoughts to that lovely maid—

She.
That lovely maid.

Both.
So flock my thoughts to that lovely maid.

She.
The moss, it clingeth so fast to the stone—

He.
So fast to the stone;

She.
So clingeth my soul to him alone—

He.
To him alone.

Both.
So clingeth my soul to him alone.

He.
Each brook sings its song, but forever the same—

She.
Forever the same;

He.
Forever my heart sings that maiden's name—

She.
That maiden's name.

Both.
Forever my heart sings that maiden's name.

She.
The plover hath but an only tone—

He.
An only tone;

She.
My life hath its love, and its love alone—

He.
Its love alone.

Both.
My life hath its love, and its love alone.

He.
The rivers all to the fiord they go—

She.
To the fiord they go;

He.
So may our lives then together flow—

She.
Together flow.

Both.
So may our lives then together flow.