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1782–1846 Sweden

Esaias Tegnér (13 November 1782 – 2 November 1846) was a Swedish writer, professor of Greek language, and bishop. He was during the 19th century regarded as the father of modern poetry in Sweden, mainly through the national romantique epos Frithjof's Saga.

Sweden
Poets

Also known as: Esaias Tegner, Tegner, Esaias, Tegnér, Tegnér, Esaias

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A dead father's counsel, a wise son heedeth.

Fridthjof's Saga (1820)

Autumn has come;
Storming now heaveth the deep sea with foam,
Yet would I gratefully lie there,
Willingly die there.

Fridthjof's Saga (1820)

A woman's honor rests on manly love.

Fridthjof's Saga (1820)

A sense of justice is a noble fancy.

Fridthjof's Saga (1820)

Hener was the hero-king,
Heaven-born, dear to us,
Showing his shield
A shelter for peace.

Fridthjof's Saga (1820)

In Phebus realm, in knowledge as in verse,
All things are clear, the sun of Phoebus clear,
Clear was his crystal, the Kastalian.
What you cannot clearly say, you don’t know:
To tongue of man his thought brings word:
What’s said obscurely is what’s thought obscurely.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Esaias Tegnér (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.