Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Introductory to Norway | | Norway | | Bayard Taylor (1825–1878) |
| | (From Lars)
I DO confess | |
| I love Old Norway’s bleak, tremendous hills, | |
| Where winter sits, and sees the summer burn | |
| In valleys deeper than yon cloud is high: | |
| I love the ocean-arms that gleam and foam | 5 |
| So far within the bosom of the land: | |
| It is not that. I do confess to thee | |
| I love the frank, brave habit of the folk, | |
| The hearts unspoiled, though fed from ruder times | |
| And filled with angry blood: I love the tales | 10 |
| That taught, the ancient songs that cradled me, | |
| The tongue my mother spake, unto the Lord | |
| As sweet as thine upon the lips of prayer. | | | | |
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