Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Introductory to Sweden | | The Veteran | | Esaias Tegnér (1782–1846) |
| | Anonymous translation
I LOVE the old heroic times | |
| Of Charles the Twelfth, our country’s glory, | |
| And deem them fittest for the scenes | |
| Of stern or tender story; | |
| For he was blithe as Peace may be, | 5 |
| Yet boisterous as Victory. | |
| Even now, on high, there glide, | |
| Up and down, at eventide, | |
| Mighty men, like those of old, | |
| With frocks of blue and belts of gold. | 10 |
| O, reverently I gaze upon | |
| Those soldier spirits clad in light, | |
| And hold as things most wonderful | |
| Their coats of buff and swords of giant height. * * * * * | | | | |
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