Magnus the blind
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832 (Kvikne) – 1910 (Paris)
'Oh, let me look once again and see
Starlight the heavens o'ersweeping!'
Begged young Magnus on bended knee,
It was sore to see.
All the women afar were weeping.
'Oh, till to-morrow! The mountains to see
And ocean its blue displaying,
Only once, and then let it be!'
Thus he bent the knee,
While his friends for mercy were praying.
'Oh, in the church let God's blood so bright
Be the last blessing that greets me!
It shall bathe with a flood of light
Through eternal night
My eyes, when the darkness meets me!'
Deep sank the steel, and each seeing eye
Lightning-like night had swallowed.
'Magnus, King Magnus, good-by, good-by!'
-'Oh, good-by, good-by,-
You who eighteen summers me followed!'
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAAB ABAAB CACCA DEDDE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 681 |
Words | 128 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
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