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(1851) [MARC] Author: H. C. Andersen
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Stockholm.

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We cast runes[1] here on the paper, and from
the white ground the picture of Birger Jarl’s
six hundred years old city rises before thee.

The runes roll, you see! Wood-grown rocky
isles appear in the light, grey morning mist;
numberless flocks of wild birds build their nests
in safety here, where the fresh waters of the
Mälaren rush into the salt sea. The Viking’s


[1] “To cast runes” was, in the olden time, to exercise
witchcraft. When the apple, with ciphers cut in it,
rolled into the maiden’s lap, her heart and mind were
infatuated.

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