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Esaias Tegnér was a Swedish writer, professor of the Greek language, and bishop. He was during the 19th century regarded as the father of modern poetry in Sweden, mainly through the national romantic epic Frithjof's Saga. He has been called Sweden's first modern man. Much is known about him, and he also wrote openly about himself. Wikipedia  

✵ 13. November 1782 – 2. November 1846
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Famous Esaias Tegnér Quotes

“A woman's honor rests on manly love.”

Esaias Tegnér

Canto VIII.
Fridthjof's Saga (1820-1825)

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

Esaias Tegnér

"Ingeborg's Lament".
Fridthjof's Saga (1820-1825)

“A glimpse of Breidablick, whose walls are light
As e'en the silver on the cliff it shone;
Of dark blue steel its columns azure height
And the big altar was one agate stone.
It seemed as if the air upheld alone
Its dome, unless supporting spirits bore it,
Studded with stars Odin's spangled throne,
A light inscrutable burned fiercely o'er it;
In sky-blue mantles,
Sat the gold-crowned gods before it.”

Esaias Tegnér

Canto XXIII, Stanza 13.
Fridthjof's Saga (1820-1825)

“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.”

Esaias Tegnér

"Epilog vid Magisterpromotionen i Lund 1820".

“A sense of justice is a noble fancy.”

Esaias Tegnér

Canto VIII.
Fridthjof's Saga (1820-1825)

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

Esaias Tegnér

Canto VIII.
Fridthjof's Saga (1820-1825)

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

Esaias Tegnér

Canto XXI. St. 7.
Fridthjof's Saga (1820-1825)

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