Living
Love Thy Neighbor
Translated by Arthur Hubbell Palmer (1915) · From Poems and Songs (1870; Palmer 1915)
Living
Love thy neighbor, to Christ be leal!
Crush him never with iron-heel,
Though in the dust he's lying!
All the living responsive await
Love with power to recreate,
Needing alone the trying.
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From A Happy Boy
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MLA
Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne. “Love Thy Neighbor.” Translated by Arthur Hubbell Palmer. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bjornson/19/.
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Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne. “Love Thy Neighbor.” Translated by Arthur Hubbell Palmer. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bjornson/19/.
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