From The Cantata For N. F. S. Grundtvig Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDEEFGHH IIJJ KKLL MMNN EEOO| His day was the greatest the Northland has seen | A |
| It one was with the midnight sun's wonders serene | A |
| The light wherein he sat was the light of God's true peace | B |
| And that has never morning nor night when it must cease | B |
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| In light of God's peace shone the | C |
| history | D |
| he gave | E |
| The spirit's course on earth that shall conquer the grave | E |
| Might of God's pure peace thus our | F |
| fathers' | G |
| mighty way | H |
| Before us for example and warning open lay | H |
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| In light of God's peace he beheld with watchful eye | I |
| The people at their work and the spirit's strivings high | I |
| In light of God's pure peace he would have all learning glow | J |
| And where his word is honored the 'Folk High Schools' must grow | J |
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| In light of God's peace stood 'mid sorrow and care | K |
| For Denmark's folk his comfort a castle strong and fair | K |
| In light of God's pure peace there shall once again be won | L |
| And thousand fold increased what seems lost now and undone | L |
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| In light of God's peace stands his patriarch worth | M |
| The sum and the amen of a manful life on earth | M |
| In light of God's pure peace how his face shone lifted up | N |
| When white haired at the altar he held th' atoning cup | N |
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| In light of God's peace came his word o'er the wave | E |
| In light of God's pure peace sound the sweet psalms he gave | E |
| In light of God's pure peace as its sunbeam curtains fall | O |
| To hide him from us stands now his memory for all | O |
Bjarnstjerne Bjarnson
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