Many runes the cold has taught me, 

 Many lays the rain has brought me, 

 Other songs the winds have sung me ; 

 Many birds from many forests 

 Oft have sung me lays in concord ; 

 Waves of sea, and ocean billows, 

 Music from the many waters, 

 Music from the whole creation, 

 Oft have been my guide and master. 



The Kalevala. 



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