Ur INLEDNINGSSÅNG.
5. _utöver höva_--the elimination of the postpositive definite article
in the archaic idiom _över hövan_ is quite irregular and a manifest
sacrifice to the law of rhyme.
15. _Brenta_, a river in northern Italy, whose picturesque shores,
studded with villas, gardens and parks, are familiar to tourists.
17. _Hesperien_. Snoilsky, like the Greek poets, applies this classic
name distinctly to Italy. Cf. the poem, "_Neros gyllene hus_," the 16th
stanza of which reads:
_Att sjunga vaggsång för slavar
Hesperiens vind var för god,
för god att sucka bland gravar,
där lagern på hån blott stod_.
20. In the nine stanzas here omitted the poet revels in the scenes and
pleasures, the historic memories and current strife indigenous to
Italian soil.
34. Note that the poet speaks in his own person throughout, not from the
lips of an imaginary Muse.