in his arms. The conversion
of Oehlenschlager to romanticism meant the conquest of Danish literature
by the new order of thought.

Oehlenschlager has explained what it was that suggested to him the
leading idea of his poem. Two antique horns of gold, discovered some
time before in the bogs of Slesvig, had been recently stolen from the
national collection at Rosenborg, and the thieves had melted down the
inestimable treasures. Oehlenschlager treats these horns as the reward
for genuine antiquarian enthusiasm, shown in a sincere and tender passion
for the ancient relics of Scandinavian history. From a generation
unworthy to appreciate them, the _Horns_ had been withdrawn, to be
mysteriously restored at the due romantic hour. He was, when he came
under the influence of Steffens, absolutely ripe for conversion, filled
with the results of his Icelandic studies, and with an imagination
redolent of _Edda_ and the Sagas. To this inflammable material, Henrik
Steffens merely laid the torch of his intelligence.

It is impossible to pretend that Borrow has caught the enchanting beauty
and delicacy of the Danish poem. But he has made a gallant effort to
reproduce the form and language of Oehlenschlager, and we have thought it
not without interest to print opposite his version the whole of the
original Danish.

EDMUND GOSSE.

GULDHORNENE {10} THE GOLD HORNS

De higer og soger Upon the pages
I gamle Boger, Of the olden ages,
I oplukte Hoie, And in hills where are lying
Med speidende Oie, The dead, they are prying;
Paa Svaerd og Skjolde, On armour rusty,
I mulne Volde, In ruins musty,
Paa Runestene, On Rune-stones jumbled,
Blandt smuldnede Bene. With bones long crumbled.

Oldtids Bedrifter Eld's deeds, through guesses
Anede trylle, Beheld, are delighting,
Men i Mulm de sig hylle, But mist possesses
De gamle Skrifter. The ancient writing.
Blikket stirrer, The eye-ball fixed is,
Sig Tanken forvirrer, The thought perplexed is;
I Taage de famle. In darkness they're groping
"I gamle, gamle, Their mouths they're op'ing:
Forsvundne Dage! "Ye days long pa