16 Bogga Gíslason, Jan 20, 1916
[January 20, 1916 Sólskin 1:16]
Geysir, 7. jan. 1916.
Kæri ritstjóri Sólskins:–
Beztu þakkir fyrir sólskinsblaðið, sem okkur börnunum þykir svo vænt um. Eg ætla senda vers eftir V. Briem, sem eg lærði í morgun
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Bogga Gíslason, 8 ára…
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Geysir, January 7, 1916.
Dear editor of Sólskin:–
Thank you very much for the Sólskin paper, which we children love so much. I would like to send a verse by V. Briem, which I learned this morning:
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Bogga Gíslason, 8 years old…
Note: Bogga’s letter was accompanied by an excerpt of the hymn “Drottinn blessi mig” (Engl. “God bless me”) by Valdimar Briem; the hymn previously appeared in print, for example, in Sálmar og aðrir söngvar bandalaganna og sunnudagaskólanna (1911).
