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Stille, hjerte, sol går ned
(Heart be still, the sun goes down)

Heart; be still, the sun goes d...
poem by Jeppe Aakjaer
What do they mean, these soft-pressed hands, these glances?
What’s really said by kisses, fond em...
poem by Emil Aarestrup
Now she heard the following words sadly sung,—

“Life is a shadow that flits away
In a nigh...
poem by Hans Christian Andersen
Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower....
quote by Hans Christian Andersen
LULLABY, little Love,
Slumber sweetly, slumber deep,
Though your cradle will not move,
I shall...
poem by Adam Oehlenschlager
The Oats

Here I stand with tinkling bells galore,
Twenty on each straw, I think, or more.
But...
poem by Jeppe Aakjaer
Still, my heart, now sets the sun,
While the moor is resting,
Herds now homeward are begun,
And t...
poem by Jeppe Aakjaer
How bright the room seemed! It was as if a ray of light came from the book, a luminous tree whose br...
poem by Hans Christian Andersen
They peer in pages
of ancient sages,
on opened barrows
their gaze now narrows,
on shield and swo...
poem by Adam Oehlenschlager
Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself....
quote by Soren Kierkegaard
You shadows refreshing,
You darkness from roses now stealing;
Where busily nesting
The songstress...
poem by Johannes Ewald
Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, b...
quote by Soren Kierkegaard
Be that self which one truly is....
quote by Soren Kierkegaard
That ancient tree, don’t let it fall
Until old age is knelling;
So many things it can recall,
W...
poem by Hans Christian Andersen
To the holy beechwood, gently thou
Hast beckoned me;
O Earth ! where never the heavy plough
Ha...
poem by Adam Oehlenschlager
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies ...
quote by Soren Kierkegaard
There is a charming land
Where grow the wide-armed beeches
By the salt eastern Strand.
Old Denmar...
poem by Adam Oehlenschlager
Your lips bewitch with sweet enchantment,
Your gaze reveals a deep abyss;
Your voice contains unea...
poem by Emil Aarestrup
To arms, hero of Calvary!
Lift high your bright-red shield;
For sin and dread – as you can see â...
poem by Johannes Ewald
When wild geese honk on Walpurgis night
who thinks then of going to rest?
With dew-beaded hat you ...
poem by Jeppe Aakjaer
THE day is tranquil, quietly exalted,
High rises her abode, green flower-vaulted,
Light winged b...
poem by Adam Oehlenschlager
This blue that is called azure-blue,
This scoop of water, clump of earth,
This foolish nonsense of...
poem by Emil Aarestrup
Beatus ille, qui procul negotiis – Horace:


Happy the man, who far from life’s allure
Is no...
poem by Johannes Ewald
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom....
quote by Soren Kierkegaard
Where are you now, you roses red
From days of youth so blissful?
I keep your petals long since she...
poem by Adam Oehlenschlager
At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference....
quote by Soren Kierkegaard
Where words fail, music speaks....
quote by Hans Christian Andersen
BEHIND black woods the pale
Moonlight is sifting.
To God the nightingale
Her song is lifting.
...
poem by Adam Oehlenschlager
Was it a sin no one was with us?
Our wedding such a lone affair?
A stork the only tree-top witness...
poem by Emil Aarestrup
Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale....
quote by Hans Christian Andersen
Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg....
quote by Hans Christian Andersen
Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers....
quote by Hans Christian Andersen
FROM stuffy, dark houses
Out over the wold
Where the ploughed furrow drowses
In a haze of gold
...
poem by Adam Oehlenschlager

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