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(1851) [MARC] Author: H. C. Andersen
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wood-cutter felled the trees for fuel; his axe
struck against the overgrown wall, and it gave
way to the blow; the fir-planks fell, and the
church, from the time of the pestilence, was
discovered; the sun again shone bright through
the openings of the doors and windows, on the
brass candelabra and the altar, where the
communion-cup still stood. The cuckoo came, sat
there, and sang: "Manv, many years shalt thou
live!"

Woodland solitude! what images dost thou
not present to our thoughts! Woodland
solitude! through thy vaulted halls people now
pass in the summer-time with cattle and
domestic utensils; children and old men go to
the solitary pasture where echo dwells, where
the national song springs forth with the wild
mountain flower! Dost thou see the procession?
– paint it if thou canst! The broad
wooden cart laden high with chests and barrels,
with jars and with crockery. The bright copper
kettle and the tin dish shine in the sun. The
old grandmother sits at the top of the load and

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