7.10.1838 - The Thorvaldsens Museum Archives


	No. 7757 of 10319

No. 7757 of 10319

Sender	Date	Recipient
N.F.S. Grundtvig [+] Sender’s Location København	7.10.1838 [+] Dating based on Dateringen fremgår ikke af digtet, men det blev sunget ved den store hyldestfest for Thorvaldsen 7.10.1838, hvilket fremgår af det hæfte, der blev fremstillet til lejligheden.	Bertel Thorvaldsen
Abstract Poem by Grundtvig to Thorvaldsen sung at the party 7.10.1838 at the Hôtel d’Angleterre in Copenhagen.

Sender

Date

Recipient

N.F.S. Grundtvig [+]

Sender’s Location

København

7.10.1838 [+]

Dating based on

Dateringen fremgår ikke af digtet, men det blev sunget ved den store hyldestfest for Thorvaldsen 7.10.1838, hvilket fremgår af det hæfte, der blev fremstillet til lejligheden.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abstract

Poem by Grundtvig to Thorvaldsen sung at the party 7.10.1838 at the Hôtel d’Angleterre in Copenhagen.

Til Thorvaldsen.

Fædreneland!
Lysere tindrer din Stjerne,
Sønnen kom hjem fra det Fjerne,
Fløi over Strand.
Palmerne favre,
Myrte og Laure
Fængsle nu Thor;
Nordstjernen blinker,
Bøgholmen vinker:
Yndigst er moderlig Jord.

Fædreneland!
Mød ham med udbredte Arme,
Favn ham med moderlig Varme
Tryl, som du kan!
Øine, som funkle
Mildt i det dunkle,
Straaleglands tee!
Kinder, som gløde
Roserne røde
Yndeligt plante paa Snee

Fædreneland!
Riig kun på Bøge og Vipper
Fattes du Bjerge og Klipper,
Hent dem paa Stand!
Thor dem udhugged’,
Rota dem Vugged’
Vildt over Søe;
Sommer og Vinter
Kridhvide Klinter
Kneise paa Bøgenes Øe.

Fædreneland!
Gud som i Hedenolds Dage
Sangerne stamme fra Brage
Trindt om din Strand
Morgen og Aften
Daaden og kraften
Løfter i Sky:
Gamle og Unge
Enstemmig sjunge:
Vingthor er vaagnet paany!

General Comment
This poem was performed as a choral song at the party in Thorvaldsen’s honour 7.10.1838 at the Hôtel d’Angleterre in Copenhagen. The music for the poem was composed by J.P.E. Hartmann, see the report from the party in the newspaper Kjøbenhavnsposten 8.10.1838. In four stanzas the poem celebrates Thorvaldsen’s return to Denmark in 1838 and stresses his close relationship with his native country. The first stanza describes the “son’s” return from afar; the second stanza urges the country to embrace her son like a motherly but also fascinating woman. The third stanza notes that Thorvaldsen’s native island has no mountains but rather white cliffs and Thorvaldsen’s sculptures, and in the last stanza Thorvaldsen is called Vingthor.
Archival Reference
m33, nr. 26
Thiele
Ikke omtalt hos Thiele.
Subjects
Poems for Thorvaldsen · Norse Mythology · Thorvaldsen as Thor · Thorvaldsen's Homecoming 1838

General Comment

This poem was performed as a choral song at the party in Thorvaldsen’s honour 7.10.1838 at the Hôtel d’Angleterre in Copenhagen. The music for the poem was composed by J.P.E. Hartmann, see the report from the party in the newspaper Kjøbenhavnsposten 8.10.1838.

In four stanzas the poem celebrates Thorvaldsen’s return to Denmark in 1838 and stresses his close relationship with his native country. The first stanza describes the “son’s” return from afar; the second stanza urges the country to embrace her son like a motherly but also fascinating woman. The third stanza notes that Thorvaldsen’s native island has no mountains but rather white cliffs and Thorvaldsen’s sculptures, and in the last stanza Thorvaldsen is called Vingthor.

Archival Reference

m33, nr. 26

Thiele

Ikke omtalt hos Thiele.

Subjects

Poems for Thorvaldsen · Norse Mythology · Thorvaldsen as Thor · Thorvaldsen's Homecoming 1838