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(1915) Author: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Translator: Arthur Hubbell Palmer With: Arthur Hubbell Palmer
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THE DAY OF SUNSHINE 15

“Dear me, don’t you want to be out ‘in this fine
weather?’?——said mother, who sat on the steps and sang.

It was such a lovely sunshine-day,

The house and the yard couldn’t hold me;
A meadow I found, on my back I lay,

And sang what my spirit told me;
Then snakes came crawling, a fathom long,
To bask in the sun, —I fled with my song.

“In such blessed weather we can go barefoot,’— said
mother, as she pulled off her stockings.

It was such a lovely sunshine-day,

The house and the yard couldn’t hold me;
I loosened a boat, on my back I lay,

While blithely the current bowled me;
But hot grew the sun, and peeled my nose;
Enough was enough, and to land I chose.

“« Now these are just the days to make hay in,”—said
mother, as she stuck the rake in it.

It was such a lovely sunshine-day,
The house and the yard couldn’t hold me;
I climbed up a tree, oh, what bliss to play,
As cooling the breeze consoled me;
But worms soon fell on my neck, by chance,
And jumping, I cried: “’ T is the Devil’s own dance!”

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