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POEMS AND SONGS
Than Harald living thus,—and then
I sail away with ships and men.
Nor therefore do I lift anew
The flag of song just now for you,
Because my spirit’s deepest yearning
To you for new light now is turning,
No, where the greatest questions started,
Just there it is our ways were parted —
From where the deepest thought can reach,
To plan and goal of daily speech.
My childhood’s faith unshaken stands,
And thence our equal rights deriving,
I for a people free am striving
And brotherhood in kindred lands.
Though both of us are Christian men,
So wide a gulf between us lies;
Though both are true Norwegian men,
We Norway see with different eyes.
If but to-day we victory gain,
We must to-morrow fight amain.
But now I honor you in singing,
Because what ought just now to be
With strongest will you clearly see,
And foremost to the fight are springing.
When sinks the land ’neath heavy fogs
And no fair prospect cheers the eye,
The thickening air our breathing clogs,
Yes, all things dull in torpor lie,—
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