The Kalevala – Rune XXIV (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
THE BRIDE'S FAREWELL.Osmotar, the bride-instructor,Gives the wedding-guests this counsel,Speaks these measures to the bridegroom:"Ilmarinen, artist-brother,Best of all my hero-brothers,Of my ...
Poems about court-yard (21 Poems)
The Kalevala – Rune XII (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
KYLLIKKI'S BROKEN VOW.Lemminkainen, artful husband,Reckless hero, Kaukomieli,Constantly beside his young wife.,Passed his life in sweet contentment,And the years rolled swiftly ...
The Kalevala – Rune XIX (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
ILMARINEN'S WOOING.ILMARINEN, hero-blacksmith,The eternal metal-worker,Hastens forward to the court-roomOf the hostess of Pohyola,Of the master of the Northland,Hastens through the ...
The Kalevala – Rune X (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
ILMARINEN FORGES THE SAMPO.Wainamoinen, the magician,Takes his steed of copper color,Hitches quick his fleet-foot courser,Puts his racer to the snow-sledge,Straightway ...
The Kalevala – Rune XXXV (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
KULLERVO'S EVIL DEEDS.Kullerwionen, youthful wizard,In his blue and scarlet stockings,Henceforth lingered with his parents;But he could not change his nature,Could ...
The Kalevala – Rune VII (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
WAINIOINEN'S RESCUE.Wainamoinen, old and truthful,Swam through all the deep-sea waters,Floating like a branch of aspen,Like a withered twig of willow;Swam ...
The Kalevala – Rune XXVII (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
THE UNWELCOME GUEST.I have brought young Kaukomieli,Brought the Islander and hero,Also known as Lemminkainen,Through the jaws of death and ruin,Through ...
The Kalevala – Rune II (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
WAINAMOINEN'S SOWING.Then arose old Wainamoinen,With his feet upon the island,On the island washed by ocean,Broad expanse devoid of verdure;There remained ...
The Kalevala – Rune XXI (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
ILMARINEN'S WEDDING-FEAST.Louhi, hostess of the Northland,Ancient dame of Sariola,While at work within her dwelling,Heard the whips crack on the fenlands,Heard ...
The Kalevala – Rune XLIX (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
RESTORATION OF THE SUN AND MOON.Thus has Fire returned to NorthlandBut the gold Moon is not shining,Neither gleams the silver ...
The Kalevala – Rune XI (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
LEMMINKAINEN'S LAMENT.This the time to sing of Ahti,Son of Lempo, Kaukomieli,Also known as Lemminkainen.Ahti was the king of islands,Grew amid ...
The Kalevala – Rune XXXVI (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
KULLERWOINEN'S VICTORY AND DEATH.Kullerwionen, wicked wizard,In his purple-colored stockings,Now prepares himself for battle;Grinds a long time on his broadsword,Sharpens well ...
The Kalevala – Rune XXXIV (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
KULLERVO FINDS HIS TRIBE-FOLK.Kullerwoinen, young magician,In his beauteous, golden ringlets,In his magic shoes of deer-skin,Left the home of IlmarinenWandered forth ...
The Kalevala – Rune XXXVIII (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
ILMARINEN'S FRUITLESS WOOING.Ilmarinen, the magician,The eternal metal-artist,Lays aside the golden image,Beauteous maid of magic metals;Throws the harness on his courser,Binds ...
The Kalevala – Rune XXVIII (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
THE MOTHER'S COUNSEL.Ahti, hero of the Islands,Wild magician, Lemminkainen,Also known as Kaukomieli,Hastened from the great carousal,From the banquet-halls of Louhi,From ...
Weeding (Charles Lamb Poems)
As busy Aurelia, 'twixt work and 'twixt play, Was labouring industriously hardTo cull the vile weeds from the flowerets away, ...
Gonnehem (Frank W Harvey Poems)
Of Gonnehem it shall be said That we arrived there late and worn With marching, and were given a bed ...
Liu Ch’e (Ezra Pound Poems)
The rustling of the silk is discontinued,Dust drifts over the court-yard,There is no sound of foot-fall, and the leavesScurry into ...
NUREMBERG (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poem)
In the valley of the Pegnitz, where across broad meadow-lands Rise the blue Franconian mountains, Nuremberg, the ancient, stands. Quaint ...
Isabella or The Pot of Basil (John Keats Poem)
I. Fair Isabel, poor simple Isabel! Lorenzo, a young palmer in Love's eye! They could not in the self-same mansion ...
The Flight Of The Duchess (Robert Browning Poem)
I. You're my friend: I was the man the Duke spoke to; I helped the Duchess to cast off his ...