(Peregrinatio Sweden)

 

Summer`s sleeping on Kalmar sound,

Soft now! Lest you disturb her

All the forest is hushed around

No dark dreams perturb her.

 

Hear how softly her breathing sighs

Grace of lazy sail tilting

Peaceful murmur, half swells, then dies

Hush-a-bye, lull-a-bye lilting.

 

Lone cloud drifting through the sky

White hull lifting and dipping

Stately swan slowly moving by

Murmur of quiet wake slipping.

 

Tall girl standing at the prow,

Wide eyes forward and glistening

All the south gentling round her brow

Young heart eager and listening.

 

(Winter window-child through the snow

Crown of Lucy-light gleaming

Through her eyes in the candle glow

Child-soul wistfully dreaming)

 

Mother Mary your warm cloak fold

Close round hearts that are needing

Warmth and shelter from the cold,

Grant this people their pleading