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 ...
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 ...
WAINAMOINEN'S HAPLESS JOURNEY.Wainamoinen, old and truthful,Now arranges for a journeyTo the village of the Northland,To the land of cruel winters,To ...
BIRTH OF WAINAMOINEN.In primeval times, a maiden,Beauteous Daughter of the Ether,Passed for ages her existenceIn the great expanse of heaven,O'er ...
Stump-littered hillocks, desolate and bare,Can anyone believe you once were fair?Where are your former charms? Where did they go?Where is ...
Joy, thou beauteous godly lightning,Daughter of Elysium,Fire drunken we are ent'ringHeavenly, thy holy home!Thy enchantments bind together,What did custom stern ...
A shell surprised our post one day And killed a comrade at my side. My heart was sick ...
Over the radiant ridges borne out on the offshore wind, I have sailed as a butterfly sails whose priming wings ...
The night proceeds and dwindlingPrepares the day's rebirth.An airman is ascendingAbove the sleeping earth.And almost disappearingIn cloud, a tiny spark,He ...
It is not seemly to be famous:Celebrity does not exalt;There is no need to hoard your writingsAnd to preserve them ...
Since thou readest in her what thou thyself hast there written, And, to gladden the eye, placest her wonders ...
The world-gold sunset is ablaze with fire,Having pierced through with radiant airiness,above the peaceful cornfield it set fire to crossesand ...
A moon, with vacant, chilling eye, staresAt the winter, enthroned vast and white upon the hard ground;The night is an ...
What is the matter with the landscape?Familiar landmarks are not there.Ploughed fields, like squares upon a chessboard,Today are scattered everywhere.The ...
In the ancient town of Bruges, In the quaint old Flemish city, As the evening shades descended, Low and loud ...
A vision of flushed faces, shining limbs, The madness of the music that entrances All life ...
A vision of flushed faces, shining limbs, The madness of the music that entrances All life ...
Since thou readest in her what thou thyself hast there written, And, to gladden the eye, placest her wonders in ...
Over the radiant ridges borne out on the offshore wind, I have sailed as a butterfly sails whose priming wings ...
A shell surprised our post one day And killed a comrade at my side. My heart was sick to see ...
Storm-clouds hurtle, storm-clouds hover; Flying snow is set alight By the moon whose form they cover; Blurred the heavens, blurred ...
Chapter I. Once on a time, a Dawn, all red and bright Leapt on the conquered ramparts of the Night, ...
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