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BERGEN 65
BERGEN
As thou sittest there
Skerry-bound and fair,
Mountains high around and ocean’s deep before
thee,
On thee casts her spell
Saga, that shall tell
Once again the wonders of our land.
Honor is thy due,
“ Bergen never new,”
Ancient and unaging as thy Holberg’s humor;
Once kings sought thine aid,—
Mighty now in trade,—
First to fly the flag of liberty.
Oft in proud array,
As a sunshine-day
Breaks forth from thy rain and fog wind-driven,
Thou didst come with men
Or great deeds again,
When the clouds were darkest o’er our land.
Thy soul was the ground,
Wit-enriched and sound,
Whence there sprang stout thoughts to make our
country’s harvest,
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