"SOLVEIG"
as a shining smile she is,
with the Olaf bird quivering
between the marshy soil of the earth and the sun's life-giving eye.
The son she gives birth is like a mirror
in which the father sees himself,
and for the son again the father is a mirror
in which he sees himself in the coming time.
The Norwegian national epic "Peer Gynt" by Henrik Ibsen.
Look at the lilies on the field, how they grow. They do not work and do not spin, but I tell you: not even Solomon in all its glory was dressed as one of them. This is Peer's motto in his roving pilgrimage before he finds his final rest in the lap of Solveig.