Jag såg det sprutande, grönt som ärg, med resta kammar och tjutande lungor och hy som ändrade färg. Det grät, det tiggde, det kved, det blev svart av hot och klättrade upp och rasade ned och sög och slickade efter min fot. Men ytterst där himlen tog mot och rämnade skyar slungade en knippa sol i bränningens svall låg vit och kall en nereid och gungade.
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Confirmed with Bo Bergman, Valda Dikter, Tredje Upplagan, Stockholm, Albert Bonniers Förlag, 1923, page 127.
Text Authorship:
- by Bo Bergman (1869 - 1967), "Havet", appears in Valda Dikter [author's text checked 1 time 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 Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Havet", 1916 [ voice and piano ], from Tre sånger = Drei Gesänge, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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