WITH A WATER-LILY

by: Henrik Ibsen

EE, dear, what thy lover brings;

'Tis the flower with the white wings.

Buoyed upon the quiet stream

In the spring it lay adream.

 

Homelike to bestow this guest,

Lodge it, dear one, in thy breast;

There its leaves the secret keep

Of a wave both still and deep.

 

Child, beware the tarn-fed stream;

Danger, danger, there to dream!

Though the sprite pretends to sleep,

And above the lilies peep.

 

Child, thy bosom is the stream;

Danger, danger, there to dream!

Though above the lilies peep,

And the sprite pretends to sleep.

• Henrik Ibsen - A biography of the Norwegian poet and dramatist and analysis of his works.
• Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) - A biography of the Norwegian poet and dramatist, plus links to purchase all of his works currently in print.
• Peanuts and the Ibsen Drama - A first-hand account of a performance of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler by Mrs. Fiske.
• The Task of the Poet - Full text of a speech given by Ibsen to a group of Norwegian Students on September 10, 1874.
• Henrik Ibsen: Bibliography - A bibliography of the works of Henrik Ibsen; includes a list of critical and biographical resources.
• When We Dead Awaken - Ibsen's last play.
• Purchase books by Henrik Ibsen