Kjœrtegn

poetry by Wildenvey

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In Herman Wildenvey
…as in collections such as Kjærtegn (1916; “Caresses”), Høstens lyre (1931; “The Lyre of Autumn”), and many others. He was able to extract fresh effects from language and give new life to the most hackneyed phrases. Owls to Athens, a selection of his poems in English translation, was published in…
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