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Lily Leaves. Poem by Lilja Björnsdóttir.
In the Alþýðublaðið October 30, 1962, there is an interview with Lilja Björnsdóttir. Among other things, Lilja says - "My desire to learn has always been great, and it has not
oldest of me. When I was about to become
sixty, then I asked to be allowed to
to take Icelandic classes at the university. I was allowed to, and for a whole winter
I sat alone, an old woman, amidst
all the young men. Yet it was
me an inestimable pleasure. So when
I was a similar age, then I went
I go to study groups to earn money.
more education. The classes there are
small and narrow, and I'm so fat
that I wasn't going to get in trouble
"The kids had a blast, but I kept going and enjoyed myself."
I would have succumbed to the weight
this life and from what the Lord has imposed on me, if I had not enjoyed poetry and the desire to learn
with. A poem that was written about me
has also kept me going
Cloudy and cold showers
Do not frighten a bright mind,
against a thousand-fold difficulties
he whips his bold flight.
In the Alþýðublaðið October 30, 1962, there is an interview with Lilja Björnsdóttir. Among other things, Lilja says - "My desire to learn has always been great, and it has not
oldest of me. When I was about to become
sixty, then I asked to be allowed to
to take Icelandic classes at the university. I was allowed to, and for a whole winter
I sat alone, an old woman, amidst
all the young men. Yet it was
me an inestimable pleasure. So when
I was a similar age, then I went
I go to study groups to earn money.
more education. The classes there are
small and narrow, and I'm so fat
that I wasn't going to get in trouble
"The kids had a blast, but I kept going and enjoyed myself."
I would have succumbed to the weight
this life and from what the Lord has imposed on me, if I had not enjoyed poetry and the desire to learn
with. A poem that was written about me
has also kept me going
Cloudy and cold showers
Do not frighten a bright mind,
against a thousand-fold difficulties
he whips his bold flight.