Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | | | I. Disappointment in Love | | The Princess | | Björnstjerne Björnson (1832–1910) |
| | From the Norwegian by Nathan Haskell Dole
THE PRINCESS sat lone in her maiden bower, | |
| The lad blew his horn at the foot of the tower. | |
| “Why playest thou alway? Be silent, I pray, | |
| It fetters my thoughts that would flee far away, | |
| As the sun goes down.” | 5 |
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| In her maiden bower sat the Princess forlorn, | |
| The lad had ceased to play on his horn. | |
| “Oh, why art thou silent? I beg thee to play! | |
| It gives wings to my thought that would flee far away, | |
| As the sun goes down.” | 10 |
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| In her maiden bower sat the Princess forlorn, | |
| Once more with delight played the lad on his horn. | |
| She wept as the shadows grew long, and she sighed: | |
| “Oh, tell me, my God, what my heart doth betide, | |
| Now the sun has gone down.” | 15 | | | |
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