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Title: The Angel of Death
Author: Johan Olof Wallin
Release Date: December 20, 2006 [EBook #20135]
Language: English
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THE ANGEL OF DEATH.
TRANSLATED FROM THE SWEDISH
BY
- W. ALMQVIST.
SECOND EDITION.
BLOOMFIELD, N. J.
- W. ALMQVIST, 165 FRANKLIN STREET. 1892.
COPYRIGHT 1884.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882,
By A. W. Almqvist, New York,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
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PREFACE.
The original, of which this is a translation, is universally considered one of the very best among many beautiful poems written by the same illustrious author. The sublime didactic thoughts therein expressed, in language majestic and yet so simple, have won for it a constantly increasing popularity; and, during half a century, in a language so rich in literary beauties as the Swedish, have