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174 POEMS AND SONGS
With Northern allies warring we take the Northern wing;
For God and for our freedom—is the watchword we
bring. —
That God, who gave us country and Tic uies and gave
all,
We find Him in our doing, if we hear and heed His call.
That doing we will forward, we many, although weak,
’Gainst all in fearless fighting, who the truth will not
seek : —
Some summer day beginning, a murmur in the grain,
It goes now as a roaring through the forests amain.
*T will grow to be a storm ere men think that this can be,
With voice of thunder sweeping o’er the infinite sea.
What nation God’s call follows, earth’s greatest power
shall show,
And carry all before it, though it high stand or Nak
AT A BANQUET
GIVEN TO THE DEPUTATION OF THE SWEDISH RIKSDAG
TO THE CORONATION, IN TRONDHJEM, JULY 17, 1873
You chosen men we welcome here
From brothers near.
We welcome you to Olaf’s town,
That Norway’s greatest mem’ries crown,
Where ancient prowess looking down
With searching gaze,
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