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His many-sided talents achieved success in all forms of writing, but his domestic, philosophical and critical works have long ceased to occupy attention. A little more power of restraining his egotism and passion would have made him one of the wittiest and keenest of modern satirists, and his comic poems are timeless. Danish literature owes Baggesen a great debt for the firmness, polish and form which he introduced into it—his style being always finished and elegant. With all his faults he stands as the greatest figure between Holberg and Oehlenschläger. Especially significant is his song "There Was a Time When I Was Very Little," which remains popular nearly two hundred years after his death. It has outlived all his epics.
There is a statue of Baggesen on Havnepladsen in Korsør, unveiled on 6 May 1906, by Professor Vilhelm Andersen. Not far away on Batterivej is the Best Western Jens Baggesen Hotel named after him.
