The book Kalevala : the Epic Poem of Finland — Complete was written by author Lönnrot Elias Here you can read free online of Kalevala : the Epic Poem of Finland — Complete book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Kalevala : the Epic Poem of Finland — Complete a good or bad book?
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Finally the cold benumbed me;As an outcast from his cabin, I was forced to walk and wander, When I, freezing, well reflected, This the substance of my thinking:'I will not endure this torture, Will not bear this thing forever, Will not bear this cruel treatment, Such contempt I will not sufferIn the wicked tribe of Hisi, In this nest of evil Piru. '"Then I said, 'Farewell forever!'To my husband's home and kindred, To my much-loved home and husband;Started forth upon a journeyTo my father's dist...ant hamlet, Over swamps and over snow-fields, Wandered over towering mountains, Over hills and through the valleys, To my brother's welcome meadows, To my sister's home and birthplace. "There were rustling withered pine-trees. Finely-feathered firs were fading, Countless ravens there were cawing, All the jackdaws harshly singing, This the chorus of the ravens:'Thou hast here a home no longer, This is not the happy homesteadOf thy merry days of childhood. '"Heeding not this woodland chorus, Straight I journeyed to the dwellingOf my childhood's friend and brother, Where the portals spake in concord, And the hills and valleys answered, This their saddened song and echo:'Wherefore dost thou journey hither, Comest thou for joy or sorrow, To thy father's old dominions?Here unhappiness awaits thee, Long departed is thy father, Dead and gone to visit Ukko, Dead and gone thy faithful mother, And thy brother is a stranger, While his wife is chill and heartless!'"Heeding not these many warnings, Straightway to my brother's cottageWere my weary feet directed, Laid my hand upon the door-latchOf my brother's dismal cottage, But the latch was cold and lifeless.
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