Song For Norway National Hymn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBCDCE FGHGFIFI JKJKCJCJ LBLBCMCJ BNBNCJCJ CJCJJO PJQ PBPBRJRJ BBBBJJJJ| Yes we love this land that towers | A |
| Where the ocean foams | B |
| Rugged storm swept it embowers | B |
| Many thousand homes | B |
| Love it love it of you thinking | C |
| Father mother dear | D |
| And that night of saga sinking | C |
| Dreamful to us here | E |
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| This the land that Harald guarded | F |
| With his hero throng | G |
| This the land that Haakon warded | H |
| Hailed by Eyvind's song | G |
| Olaf here the cross erected | F |
| While his blood he shed | I |
| Sverre's word this land protected | F |
| 'Gainst the Roman dread | I |
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| Peasants whetted axes carried | J |
| Broke th' invader's blow | K |
| Tordenskjold flashed forth and harried | J |
| Lighted home the foe | K |
| Women oft to arms were leaping | C |
| Manlike in their deed | J |
| Others' lot was naught but weeping | C |
| Tears that brought their meed | J |
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| Many truly were we never | L |
| But we did suffice | B |
| When in times of testing ever | L |
| Worthy was the prize | B |
| For we would the land see burning | C |
| Rather than its fall | M |
| Memory our thoughts is turning | C |
| Down to Fredrikshald | J |
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| Harder times we bore that tried us | B |
| Were cast off in scorn | N |
| In that crisis was beside us | B |
| Blue eyed freedom born | N |
| That gave father strength for bearing | C |
| Famine need and sword | J |
| Honor death itself outwearing | C |
| And it gave accord | J |
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| Far our foe his weapons flinging | C |
| Up his visor raised | J |
| We in wonder to him springing | C |
| On our brother gazed | J |
| Both by wholesome shame incited | J |
| Southward made our way | O |
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| Brothers three | P |
| in heart united | J |
| We shall stand for aye | Q |
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| Men of Norway high or lowly | P |
| Give to God the praise | B |
| He our land's Defender Holy | P |
| In its darkest days | B |
| All our fathers here have striven | R |
| And our mothers wept | J |
| Hath the Lord His guidance given | R |
| So our right we kept | J |
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| Yes we love this land that towers | B |
| Where the ocean foams | B |
| Rugged storm swept it embowers | B |
| Many thousand homes | B |
| As our fathers' conflict gave it | J |
| Vict'ry at the end | J |
| Also we when time shall crave it | J |
| Will its peace defend | J |
Bjarnstjerne Bjarnson
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