A Sigh
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832 (Kvikne) – 1910 (Paris)
Evening sunshine never
Solace to my window bears,
Morning sunshine elsewhere fares;-
Here are shadows ever.
Sunshine freely falling,
Wilt thou not my chamber find?
Here some rays would reach a mind,
'Mid the dark appalling.
Morning sunshine's gladness,
Oh, thou art my childhood bright;
While
thou
playest pure and white,
I
would weep in sadness.
Evening sunshine's whiling,
Oh, thou art the wise man's rest;-
Farther on! Then from the west
Greet my window smiling!
Morning sunshine's singing,
Oh, thou art the fantasy
That the sun-glad world lifts free,
Past my powers' winging.
Evening sunshine's quiet,
Thou art more than wisdom's rest,
Christian faith glows in thee blest:
Calm my soul's wild riot!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 15, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 685 |
Words | 118 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 2, 4, 4, 4 |
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