Henrik Ibsen

On the heights (Paa vidderne) a tragedy in lyrical ballads Henrik Ibsen

Excerpt from On the Heights (Paa Vidderne): A Tragedy in Lyrical Ballads

Be not unto us a joy forever; symbols rather of European fames distinctly incomprehensible and as we might honor the mummy of Rameses, or inspect a brass idol in a Joss-house, so we stare at these foreign glories and chuckle superiorly as we think of the verse that sells!

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