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The Gothic School 367
With an iron will
coupled with genius,
he made remark-
able progress, and,
in 1812, at the early
age of thirty, he be-
came professor in
the University of
Lund. The year be-
fore, his name had
been borne on the
wings of fame to
every part of the
kingdom. His first
great patriotic poem
"Svea" had been
written in 1811. It
opens with the fol-
lowing reproving
words :
"Land, which has nourished me and hides ancestral ashes,
Ye heirs of heroes, but forgetful of their virtues,
Forth from my quiet nook, I tender you a song;
The voice of flattery lulls, hear that of truth for once."
The poem secure for its author the grand prize of
the Swedish Academy.
Tegner’s most celebrated work is his great poem on
the Viking Age, "Fritjofs Saga," which has been trans-
lated into a large number of foreign tongues, and has
placed Tegner among the world’s great poets. One of
his most beautiful poems is "The Children of the
Lord’s Supper" (Nattvardsbarnen).*
Esaias Tegner.
* It has been rendered into excellent English by Longfellow.
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