Sweden's Laureate: Selected Poems of Verner von Heidenstam/The Jewel

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Sweden's Laureate: Selected Poems of Verner von Heidenstam
by Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam, translated by Charles Wharton Stork

The Jewel

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4280177Sweden's Laureate: Selected Poems of Verner von Heidenstam — The JewelCharles Wharton StorkCarl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam

THE JEWEL.

Happiness is a woman's jewel.
Gods remorseless, fates unsparing,
Scanty bread—aye, that 's the cruel,
Bracing life for men!

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