"It whispers; all is waiting here Kept safe for thee, year after year, Beautiful songs in thousands; Where hast thou been, where, where?"
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Attributed in Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings, tr. Leif Sjoberg and W. H. Auden (1964), journal entry for (October 1, 1957).
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Erik Axel Karlfeldt
Erik Axel Karlfeldt (July 20, 1864 – April 8, 1931) was a Swedish poet, posthumously awarded the 1931 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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