Bergen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DCE F GHHB IIJKKE LLMNNO PGQ RK S TSS IUBVVS| As thou sittest there | A |
| Skerry bound and fair | A |
| Mountains high around and ocean's deep before thee | B |
| On thee casts her spell | C |
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| Saga | D |
| that shall tell | C |
| Once again the wonders of our land | E |
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| Honor is thy due | F |
| 'Bergen never new ' | - |
| Ancient and unaging as thy Holberg's humor | G |
| Once kings sought thine aid | H |
| Mighty now in trade | H |
| First to fly the flag of liberty | B |
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| Oft in proud array | I |
| As a sunshine day | I |
| Breaks forth from thy rain and fog wind driven | J |
| Thou didst come with men | K |
| Or great deeds again | K |
| When the clouds were darkest o'er our land | E |
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| Thy soul was the ground | L |
| Wit enriched and sound | L |
| Whence there sprang stout thoughts to make our country's harvest | M |
| Whence our arts exist | N |
| In their birth hour kissed | N |
| By thy nature somber large and strong | O |
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| In thy mountain hall | P |
| Learned our painter | G |
| Dahl | Q |
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| Wand'ring on thy strands our poet dreamed | R |
| Welhaven | K |
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| All thy morning's gold | S |
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| Ole Bull | T |
| ensouled | S |
| Greeted on thy bay by all the world | S |
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| With thy sea wide sway | I |
| Thou hast might for aye | U |
| Fjords of blue convey thy life blood through our country | B |
| Norway's spirit thou | V |
| Dost with joy endow | V |
| Great thy past no less thy future great | S |
Bjarnstjerne Bjarnson
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