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by Magnus Gustaf Retzius (1842 - 1919)

Slägtets barndom
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Slägte föddes efter slägte,
slägte efter slägte dog.
Hvart än kunskapstörsten räckte,
lifvets under undran väckte
och med bäfvan folken slog.

Dolska makter i naturens tycktes lura öfverallt.
Själfva skyn, af vinden buren,
hafvets våg och sommarskuren,
allt tog andevärldens gestalt.
Ingen än naturen kände,
ej den värld man lefde i.
Hvart man sina blickar vände,
var det under blott som hände
för en lättrörd fantasi.

Mänskan, sist till lifvet boren,
på sin jord en främling var,
blomman lik, som föds o våren.
Visdom vinnes blott med åren,
sofras fram ur dunkla svar.

Text Authorship:

  • by Magnus Gustaf Retzius (1842 - 1919) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853 - 1918), "Slägtets barndom", 1898 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-10-21
Line count: 19
Word count: 93

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