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(1915) Author: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Translator: Arthur Hubbell Palmer With: Arthur Hubbell Palmer
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POEMS AND SONGS

The wisdom Thou gavest
Wearies me with guesswork.
The light Thou hast dealt me
Leads me to darkness.

Not me alone, moreover,

But millions and millions!

Space unending spans not all the questions
From earth here and up toward heaven.

Weakness cowers in walls of cloisters,

But wills of power press onward,

And thronging, with longing,

They thrust one another out of the lands, —

Whither? Before their eyes is night,

“In Nazareth a light is set!” one says aloud,
A hundred thousand say it;
All see it now: To Nazareth!

But the half-part perish from hunger by the
wayside,

The other half by the sword of the heathen,

The pest awaits the pilgrim in Nazareth,—

Wast Thou there, or wast Thou not there?

Oh, where art Thou?

The whole world now awakens,
And on the way is searching
And seeking after Thee!

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