<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=351390" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ole gabriel ueland</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Of long toil 't is a matter<br>Through many a silent age,<br>Before such power can shatter<br>Time-hallowed custom's cage.<br>The soul-fruit of the peasant,<br>Though seldom seed was sown,<br>It is our honor present,-<br>Our future sure foreknown.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The fjords that earnest waited<br>'Mid mountain-snows around<br>His childhood's thoughts created<br>And depth of life profound.<br>The highlands' sun that played there<br>On fjord and mountain snow<br>So wide a vision made there<br>As one could wish to know.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When <br>he<br>to Ting repairing<br>Would plead the peasant's right,<br>Each word a beam was bearing.<br>To make our young day bright.<br>It came like ancient story<br>Or long-lost song's refrain;<br>What crowned our past with glory<br>It made our present gain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Though in his boat a seaman,<br>A farmer in his field,<br>Ne'er finer thoughts did freeman<br>In royal council wield.<br>His years bear witness ready<br>That we shall yet achieve<br>Our people's self-rule steady,<br>He taught us to believe.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When weary, worn, and aged,<br>His faith was ever strong;<br>The people's war he wagèd<br>For victory erelong.<br>Beneath the banner dying,<br>He would not yet give o'er,<br>And him Valkyries flying<br>Home to Valhalla bore.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From wintry night and bitter<br>He was with stately tread<br>In Saga's hall a-glitter<br>Before the high-sear led.<br>Old heroes proud or merry<br>Rising to greet him went,<br>But first of all King Sverre,<br>From whom was his descent.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Bj%C3%B8rnstjerne+Bj%C3%B8rnson">Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=351390" data-title="Ole gabriel ueland de Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson" data-description="Of long toil 't is a matter Through many a silent age, Before such power can shatter Time-hallowed custom's cage. The soul-fruit of the peasant, Though seldom seed was sown, It is our honor present,- Our future sure foreknown. The fjords that ear..."></div> </div> </div>

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