Vær ei bange! 
Tidt klang Dine Sange 
For min Sjæl i Aftnens tause Stund.
I de trange, 
Dunkle Skovens Gange 
Lød [de halvt]1 i Drømme fra min Mund; 
Og jeg følte klart, at skjøndt Din Fange,
Er jeg [vistnok bly]2 -- men ikke bange.

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Confirmed with Blomstervignetter af Vilhelm Bergsøe, Kjøbenhavn, Forlagt af den Gyldendalske Boghandel (F. Hegel), 1873, page 65.

¹ Backer-Grøndahl: "de, helst"
² Backer-Grøndahl: "vistnok"

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• by Vilhelm Bergsøe (1835 - 1911), "Blaa anemone", appears in Blomstervignetter [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Hvid og blaa Anemone", op. 23 no. 3, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], from Blomstervignetter, no. 3, Kristiania [Oslo] : Norsk Musikforlag
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