Jan Kubelik

Your bow swept over a string, and a long low note quivered to the air.
(A mother of Bohemia sobs over a new child perfect learning to suck milk.)

Your bow ran fast over all the high strings fluttering and wild.
(All the girls in Bohemia are laughing on a Sunday afternoon in the hills with their lovers.)


Jardin Noir

Spin the eddies of the sky inside these black petals.
Shadows have covered the earth that bears us.
Open a pathway to the plough amongst your stars.
Enlighten us, escort us with your host,
Silver legions, on the mortal course
Which we strive towards at the core of night.


J. L. Heiberg

Den lille Amor fra Hækken fløi,
En Piil han tabte — Du fandt just den,
Og det er denne Du bruger som Pen,
Selv Spidsen har himmelsk Væde.
Du drømte, som Mand, ved Elverhøi,
Din Drøm blev al Danmarks Glæde.


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