Copenhagen

T H E SUR ROUND INGS OF COPENHAGEN.

first verse*. It will describe the Danish lake better than I could hope to do:

Fly, birdie, fly o’er thewavesof theFure-Sø I Dark night is now coming on,

But when to-mor-row a-gain you come back here, Tell me then all that you saw.

It is very easy for the traveller spend ing a few days in C op en ­ hagen to becom e acquainted w ith o u r coun try ’s most charac­ teristic beauties, from the fact that the scenery in the immediate n eig h b o u rh o o d is typically Danish. The Lake of Fu re lies only som e seven miles distant from Copenhagen, with several sm al­ ler lakes near it — like a large sapphire su rrounded by smaller gem s. It is a delightful walk there, or a few m inutes ride by train. If you go by train, you take you r ticket either to Lyngby o r to Holte. Lyngby, the m ore southerly of the two, is con ­ nected by Lyngby Lake and a canal w ith Furesoen, so from there you may sail to y o u r destination. And a charm ing sail it is, w ith an ever varying outlook on slop ing fields, meadows, and forest on bo th sides. You pass Fredriksdal, lying almost hidden am ong the tall and sp read ing beeches. On nearing the end of the canal, the view opens out, and soon the beautiful b rig h t-b lu e w aters of the lake lie before you. Tow ards the south the forest, and tow ards the north and north -w est green fields slope dow n to its shores. In the east the woodclad "Naess" stretches out into the lake. *This attempt at a translation of the first verse of Chr. Whither3s beautiful poem, gives only a very faint idea of its perfect simplicity, its lyrical sweetness, and its exquisite picture of a Danish landscape. (The music, composed by/. P. E. Hartmann, reprinted by permission of Mr. Wilh. Hansen, the Publisher.)

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