He could hang his glove upon the beams of the sun.

This hill, where he awoke, was called Rest-hill; and the cross, with the figure of the Redeemer erected upon it, which still stands here, reminds us of the legend of the holy Anders." A little peasant girl at this moment mounted the hill, but paused when she perceived the strangers.
"Don't be afraid, my child!" said Wilhelm.

"What hast thou there?
a garland! shall it hang here upon the cross?
Only come, we will help thee." "It should hang over our Lord," said the little one, holding, in an embarrassed manner, the garland of pretty blue cornflowers in her hand.
Otto took the garland, and hung it up in place of the faded one.
"That was our morning adventure!" said Wilhelm, and soon they were rolling in the deep sand toward Korsoeer, toward the hill where the poet watched the sun and moon sink into the sea, and wished that he had wings that he might catch them.
Melancholy and silent lies the town on the flat coast, the old castle turned into a farm-house--high grass grows upon the walls.

In a storm, when the wind blows against the city, the surf beats against the outermost houses.

High upon the church stands a telegraph; the black wooden plates resemble mourning-flags hung above the sinking town.