Christian Winther

thumb| Rasmus Villads Christian Ferdinand Winther (29 July 1796 – 30 December 1876) was a Danish lyric poet. Quotes Jeg kunde slet ikke soveFor Nattergalens Røst,Som fra de dunkleSkove Sig trængte til mit Bryst. Jeg aabnede Vinduet stille Og stirred i Mulmet hen, Og lod hver Elskovstrille Mig synge om Dig igjen. Last night the nightingale waked me,  Last night when all was still;It sang in the golden moonlight  From out the woodland hill. I opened the window gently,  And all was dreamy dew —And oh! the bird, my darling,  Was singing, singing of you! Længsel, ll. 1-4. Sang og sagn (Kjøbenhavn: P. G. Philipsen, 1840) pp. 14-15. Titled Sehnsucht in German. English version (apparently after the German translation) attributed to Theo Marzials in McCaskey's Franklin Square Song Collection, no. 5 (New York: Harper & Bros, 1888) p. 10, and in E. C. Stedman (ed.) A Victorian Anthology (Houghton, Mifflin and Co, 1895) p. 516. However, the same lines are attributed to the Minnesotan teacher Bessie Porter (born: Ireland, 9 May 1865) in Thos. W. Herringshaw (ed.) Local and National Poets of America (Chicago, IL: American Publishers' Association, 1890) p. 551. Variants: 'woke' for 'waked' · 'dreaming' for 'dreamy' External links "Længsel | Jeg kunde slet ikke sove". Lieder.net "Sehnsucht | Ich konnte heute nicht schlafen". Lieder.net Category:1796 births Category:1876 deaths Category:Poets from Denmark Category:Novelists from Denmark