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Gustav Melby
A Norwegian-American poet and Baptist minister, he wrote reflective verse and drama shaped by faith, memory, and immigrant experience in the early 1900s. His work moves easily between quiet lyric poems and larger historical or religious subjects.
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The lost chimes, and other poems
by Gustav Melby
About the author
Active in the early 20th century, Gustav Melby is remembered as a Norwegian-American poet and Baptist minister. Surviving library and public-domain records connect him with several books of verse and drama, including The Lost Chimes, and Other Poems (1918), Twilight: A Collection of Verse, Blue Haze: And Other Poems, and King Saint Olaf: A Drama in Five Acts.
His writing appears rooted in both devotion and everyday life. The titles and available editions suggest a range that includes lyrical poetry, religious feeling, and historical subjects, with a voice shaped by both Scandinavian heritage and life in the United States.
Some catalog records identify him as having lived from 1866 to 1935, but detailed biographical information is limited in the sources I could confirm. What comes through clearly is a steady literary presence: a minister-poet who left behind a substantial body of verse for readers interested in early Norwegian-American writing.