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"BLUE CROSS: Lord, great are my woes, / greater are your deeds, / do not think of me, / remember the unbaptised! // The Lord heard the bright ones cry, / he gave a sign, changed the girl / to a blue cross-tree ..."
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Eino Leino was a Finnish poet and journalist who is considered one of the pioneers of Finnish poetry and a national poet of Finland. His poems combine modern and Finnish folk elements. Much of his work is in the style of the Kalevala and folk songs in general. Nature, love, and despair are frequent themes in Leino's work. He is beloved and widely read in Finland today.
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"Lapissa kaikki kukkii nopeasti,"
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"Outbursts blossom in Lapland rapidly"
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"TUURI: Let not evermore, / let the gods celebrate / with mortal people! / The gods have long festivals, / mans life is fleeting, / swift as a wheels turn ..."
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"YLERMI: The church will fall down before / the mitten parts from the stone! / The walls will crumble before / the finger rots on the wall! / Before that, may a time come / too, another, harsher time / which will not bow down to death, / will not crawl off to Mana. // He spurred the horse, and the flames / engulfed his golden helmet. / The mittens on the stone still."
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"The others got heart, I got the harp."
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"Hark! My ears are catching corncrake’s clicking,"
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