Poems and Songs

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Title:     Poems and Songs
Author: Bjornstjerne Bjornson

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INTRODUCTION BJORNSON AS A LYRIC POET
1. SYNNOVE'S SONG (FROM SYNNOVE SOLBAKKEN)
2. THE HARE AND THE FOX (FROM SYNNOVE SOLBAKKEN)
3. NILS FINN (FROM HALTE HULDA) (See Note 1)
4. THE MAIDENS' SONG (FROM HALTE HULDA)
5. THE DOVE (FROM HALTE HULDA)
6. THE MOTHER'S SONG (FROM ARNE)
7. LAMBKIN MINE (FROM ARNE)
8. BALLAD OF TAILOR NILS (FROM ARNE)
9. VENEVIL (FROM ARNE) (See Note 2)
10. OVER THE LOFTY MOUNTAINS (FROM ARNE) (See Note 3)
11. THE DAY OF SUNSHINE (FROM ARNE)
12. INGERID SLETTEN (FROM ARNE)
13. THE TREE (FROM ARNE)
14. THE MELODY (FROM ARNE)
15. OUR COUNTRY (1859) (See Note 4)
16. SONG FOR NORWAY (1859) NATIONAL HYMN (See Note 5)
17. THE CALL (FROM A HAPPY BOY)
18. EVENING (FROM A HAPPY BOY)
19. MARIT'S SONG (FROM A HAPPY BOY)
20. LOVE THY NEIGHBOR (FROM A HAPPY BOY)
21. OYVIND'S SONG (FROM A HAPPY BOY)
22. LOVE SONG (FROM A HAPPY BOY)
23. MOUNTAIN SONG (FROM A HAPPY BOY)
24. ANSWER FROM NORWAY TO THE SPEECHES IN THE SWEDISH HOUSE OF NOBLES, 1860 (See Note 6)
25. JOHAN LUDVIG HEIBERG (1860) (See Note 7)
26. THE OCEAN (FROM ARNLJOT GELLINE) (See Note 8)
27. ALONE AND REPENTANT (TO A FRIEND SINCE DECEASED) (See Note 9)
28. THE PRINCESS
29. FROM MONTE PINCIO
30. IF ONLY YOU KNEW IT
31. THE ANGELS OF SLEEP
32. THE MAIDEN ON THE SHORE
33. SECRET LOVE
34. OLAF TRYGVASON (See Note 10)
35. A SIGH
36. TO A GODSON (1861)
37. BERGLIOT (See Note 11)
38. TO MY WIFE (WITH A SET OF ROMAN PEARLS) (See Note 12)
39. IN A HEAVY HOUR (See Note 13)
40. KAARE'S SONG (FROM SIGURD SLEMBE) (See Note 14)
41. IVAR INGEMUNDSON'S LAY (FROM SIGURD SLEMBE) (See Note 15)
42. MAGNUS THE BLIND (FROM SIGURD SLEMBE) (See Note 16)
43. SIN, DEATH (FROM SIGURD SLEMBE) (See Note 17)
44. FRIDA (See Note 18)
45. BERGEN (See Note 19)
46. P. A. MUNCH (1863) (See Note 20)
47. KING FREDERIK THE SEVENTH (1863) (See Note 21)
48. TO SWEDEN (DECEMBER 28, 1863) (See Note 22)
49. OUR FOREFATHERS (JANUARY 13, 1864) (See Note 23)
50. WHEN NORWAY WOULD NOT HELP (EASTER EVE, 1864) (See Note 24)
51. DANIEL SCHJÖTZ (DIED OF OVER-EXERTION AS VOLUNTEER MILITARY-SURGEON, 1864)
52. TO THE DANNEBROG (WHEN DYBBÖL WAS CAPTURED) (See Note 25)
53. TOAST FOR THE MEN OF EIDSVOLD (MAY 17, 1864) (See Note 26)
54. THE NORRÖNA-RACE (NOVEMBER 4, 1864)
55. HYMN OF THE PURITANS (FROM MARIA STUART)
56. HUNTING SONG (FROM MARIA STUART)
57. TAYLOR'S SONG (FROM MARIA STUART)
58. LECTOR THAASEN (See Note 27)
59. DURING A JOURNEY IN SWEDEN (See Note 28)
60. THE TRYST
61. SONG FOR THE STUDENTS' GLEE CLUB (See Note 29)
62. MRS. LOUISE BRUN (JANUARY 30, 1866) (See Note 30)
63. TO JOHAN DAHL, BOOKDEALER (ON HIS SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY) (See Note 31)
64. TO SCULPTOR BORCH (ON HIS FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY) (See Note 32)
65. THE SPINNER
66. THE WHITE ROSE AND THE RED ROSE
67. YOUTH
68. THE BLONDE MAIDEN
69. THE FIRST MEETING (FROM THE FISHER MAIDEN)
70. GOOD-MORNING (FROM THE FISHER MAIDEN)
71. MY FATHERLAND (FROM THE FISHER MAIDEN)
72. CHOICE (See Note 33)
73. NORWEGIAN SEAMEN'S SONG (FOR THE STAVANGER REGATTA, 1868) (See Note 34)
74. HALFDAN KJERULF (1868) (See Note 35)
75. NORWEGIAN STUDENTS' GREETING WITH A PROCESSION TO PROFESSOR WELHAVEN (See Note 36)
76. FOR A CHARITY FAIR (IN A COPY OF MINOR PIECES)
77. FORWARD (See Note 37)
78. THE MEETING (AT THE STUDENT MEETING OF 1869) (See Note 38)
79. NORSE NATURE (IN RINGERIKE DURING THE STUDENT MEETING OF 1869) (See Note 39)
80. I PASSED BY THE HOUSE (See Note 40)
81. THOSE WITH ME (See Note 41)
82. TO MY FATHER (UPON HIS RETIREMENT) (See Note 42)
83. TO ERIKA LIE (See Note 43)
84. AT MICHAEL SARS'S GRAVE (See Note 44)
85. TO JOHAN SVERDRUP (See Note 45)
86. THE CHILD IN OUR SOUL
87. OLE GABRIEL UELAND (See Note 46)
88. ANTON MARTIN SCHWEIGAARD (IN THE CHURCH AFTER THE FUNERAL ORATION) (See Note 47)
89. TO AASMUND OLAFSEN VINJE (SUNG AT HIS WIFE'S GRAVE) (See Note 48)
90. GOOD CHEER (1870) (See Note 49)
91. OLD HELTBERG (See Note 50)
92. FOR THE WOUNDED (1871) (See Note 51)
93. LANDFALL (See Note 52)
94. TO HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (AT A SUMMER-FÊTE FOR HIM IN CHRISTIANIA, 1871) (See Note 53)
95. TO STANG (1871) (See Note 54)
96. ON A WIFE'S DEATH (See Note 55)
97. THE BIER OF PRECENTOR A. REITAN (1872) (See Note 56)
98. SONG
99. ON THE DEATH OF N. F. S. GRUNDTVIG (1872) (See Note 57)
100. FROM THE CANTATA FOR N. F. S. GRUNDTVIG (1872)
101. AT A BANQUET FOR PROFESSOR LUDV. KR. DAA (See Note 58)
102. OH, WHEN WILL YOU STAND FORTH? (See Note 59)
103. AT HANSTEEN'S BIER (1873) (See Note 60)
104. RALLYING SONG FOR FREEDOM IN THE NORTH TO "THE UNITED LEFT" (Tirol, 1874) (See Note 61)
105. AT A BANQUET GIVEN TO THE DEPUTATION OF THE SWEDISH RIKSDAG TO THE CORONATION, IN TRONDHJEM, JULY 17, 1873 (See Note 62)
106. OPEN WATER!
107. SONG OF FREEDOM TO "THE UNITED LEFT" (1877) (See Note 63)
108. TO MOLDE (See Note 64)
109. PER BO (1878)
110. HAMAR-MADE MATCHES (1877) (See Note 65)
111. THEY HAVE FOUND EACH OTHER (FROM THE DRAMA THE KING, THIRD INTERLUDE)
112. THE PURE NORWEGIAN FLAG (Note: That is, without the mark of union with Sweden.) (See Note 66)
113. TO MISSIONARY SKREFSRUD IN SANTALISTAN (See Note 67)
114. POST FESTUM (See Note 68)
115. ROMSDAL (See Note 69)
116. HOLGER DRACHMANN (See Note 70)
117. A MEETING (See Note 71)
118. THE POET (See Note 72)
119. PSALMS
120. QUESTION AND ANSWER THE CHILD Father!
121. SUNG FOR NORWAY'S RIFLEMEN (1881) (See Note 73)
122. WORKMEN'S MARCH (See Note 74)
123. THE LAND THAT SHALL BE (DEDICATED TO HERMAN ANKER AND M. ANKER ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR SILVER-WEDDING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1888) (See Note 75)
124. YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, STRONG AND SOUND
125. NORWAY, NORWAY (See Note 76)
126. MASTER OR SLAVE
127. IN THE FOREST
128. WHEN COMES THE MORNING? (FROM IN GOD'S WAY) (See Note 77)
129. MAY SEVENTEENTH (1883) (See Note 78)
130. FREDERIK HEGEL (See Note 79) I DEDICATION
131. OUR LANGUAGE (1900) (See Note 80)
132. NOTES PREFATORY
133. Notes 1 - 20
134. Notes 21 - 40
135. Notes 41 - 60
136. Notes 61 - 80

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