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432, POEMS.
Did sing this song, borrowed from thine own life, to thee.
A year has passed away, and lo, thy noble spirit
Too soon has burst its narrow bonds, and winged its way,
Freed from the burden of this earth, to cast itself
Into the ocean of God’s endless love.
His name confessing, in whose name thou still hast striven,
Before the sons of men,!—in thy last prayer on earth,
The battle thou didst quit, at peace with life, at peace
With thine own self, to seek th’ Eternal God, who rules
O’er strife and peace, and reap thy labors’ rich reward.
Yes, thou art blest, for blest is he who thus hath ended!
Glorified Spirit! Do thou still the path illumine
Of those that loved thee well; oh, shine upon thy people
Whose annals thou did write ; thy wife, thy children, friends,
And — even on her, who now looks up to thee through
tears.
*ON READING BISHOP ESAIAS TEGNER’S POEM,
“ RESIGNATION.”
Hosni thee, vain, thoughtless world! Hush, he is speaking ;
Once more he speaks, old Svea’s minstrel-king.
He has aroused him from his bed of suffering,
Mid C&ta’s flames, the funeral pile of Genius, —
He strikes his harp. Listen ye young and aged,
Hear how the spirit worketh in Esaias,
Hear what the Lord hath to His servant spoken
In the dark midnight hours of pain and anguish.
Well didst thou sing, O bard, of “ Resignation,”
Thy “song of songs,” life’s loftiest it is ;
1 See Geijer’s confession of faith in his last printed work, A Word on
the Relivious Questions of the Diy.
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