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ENGELBRECHTSDATTER, DORTHE (1634-1716)

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ENGELBRECHTSDATTER, DORTHE (1634-1716) , See also:Norwegian poet, was See also:born at See also:Bergen on the 16th of See also:January 1634; her See also:father, Engelbrecht Jorgensen, was originally See also:rector of the high school in that See also:city, and afterwards See also:dean of the See also:cathedral. In 1652 she" married Ambrosius Hardenbech, a theological writer famous for his flowery funeral sermons, who succeeded her father at the cathedral in 1659. They had five sons and four daughters. In 1678 her first See also:volume appeared, Sjaelens aandelige Sangoffer (" The Soul's Spiritual Offering of See also:Song ") published at See also:Copenhagen. This volume of See also:hymns and devotional pieces, very modestly brought out, had an unparalleled success. The fortunate poetess was invited to See also:Denmark, and on her arrival at Copenhagen was presented at See also:Court. She was also introduced to See also:Thomas Kingo, the father of Danish See also:poetry, and the two greeted one another with improvised couplets, which have been preserved, and of which the poetess's reply is incomparably the neater. In 1683 her See also:husband died, and before 1698 she had buried all her nine See also:children. In the midst of her troubles appeared her second See also:work, the Taareoffer (" See also:Sacrifice of Tears "), which is a continuous religious' poem in four books. This was combined with the Sangoffer, and no fewer than three See also:editions of the See also:united See also:works were published before her See also:death, and many after it. In 1698 she brought out a third volume of sacred See also:verse, Et kristeligt See also:Valet fra See also:Verden (" A See also:Christian Farewell to the See also:World "), a very tame See also:production. She died on the 19th of See also:February 1716.

The first verses of Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter are the best; her Sangoffer was dedicated to Jesus, the Taareoffer to See also:

Queen See also:Charlotte Amalia; this is significant of her changed position in the eyes of the world.

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