“I watched the stars
in the womb of youth
rise from the still
streams of heaven,
eager to make
their million year
race through the thin
ethereal blue.”
“Sá eg í ungum
æskublóma
stjörnur úr himin-
straumum rísa,
þúsund alda
að þreyta skeið
heiðfagran gegnum
himinbláma.”
(Jónas Hallgrímsson)