The Death-Raven (From The Danish Of Oehlenslaeger) (George Borrow Poems)
The silken sail, which caught the summer breeze,Drove the light vessel through the azure seas;Upon the lofty deck, Dame Sigrid ...
The silken sail, which caught the summer breeze,Drove the light vessel through the azure seas;Upon the lofty deck, Dame Sigrid ...
Six score there were, six score and ten, From Hald that rode that day;And when they came to Brattingsborg They ...
Svend Vonved sits in his lonely bower;He strikes his harp with a hand of power;His harp return'd a responsive din;Then ...
King Diderik sits in the halls of Bern, And he boasts of his deeds of might;So many a swain in ...
CANTATA.This is Denmark's holyday; Dance, ye maidens! Sing, ye men! Tune, ye harpers! Blush, ye heroes!This is Denmark's holyday.ONE VOICE.In ...
St. Oluf was a mighty king,Who rul'd the Northern land;The holy Christian faith he preach'd,And taught it, sword in hand.St. ...
Sir Lave to the island stray'd;He wedded there a lovely maid:"I'll have her yet," said John.He brought her home across ...
On Dovrefeld, in Norway,Were once together seenThe twelve heroic brothersOf Ingeborg, the queen:And they were all magicians,Possest of mighty art,Who ...
King Christian stood beside the mast; Smoke, mixt with flame,Hung o'er his guns, that rattled fastAgainst the Gothmen, as they ...
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