Edmund William Gosse

“ Paludan-Müller wrote considerably after this, but never recovered his early raptures, except in the very latest of all his poems, the enchanting welcome to death, entitled Adonis. The poet lived a very retired life, first in Copenhagen, then for many years in a cottage on the outskirts of the royal park of Fredensborg, and finally in a house in Ny Adelgade, Copenhagen, where he died on the 27th of December 1876. ”

“ His majestic drama of Kalanus belongs to 1854. Then for seven years he kept silence. Paradiset (“Paradise”) 1861; and Benedikt fra Nurcia (“Benedict of Nurcia”) 1861; bear evidence of malady, both physical and mental. ”