ESTHONIAN POETRY, $5 



Seie fure kullajfe 

 Seie penike perreffe 

 Wanna taalri talluge. 



Youthful bridegroom, 

 How didft thou know how to come to us ? 

 Kneweft thou the way through the vallies, 

 Over the hills, 

 In this great village, 

 To this little cottage yard, 

 Among thefe vafTals who have got old dollars I 



Youthful bridegroom, 

 Therefore didft thou think of coming hither ? 

 Kneweft the way through the vallies, 

 Over the hills, 

 In this great village, 

 To this little cottage yard, 

 Among the vafTals who have got old dollars, 



A iilvered button was on the fill, 

 Two were in the garden, 

 Five upon the door ; 

 Our yard was full of linen, 

 Our roof of hen-roofts, 

 Under the thatch hung bacon, 

 The dreffers were fmeared with butter. 



Therefore thou thoughteft of coming hither, 

 Kneweft the way through the vallies, 

 Over the hills, 

 In this great village, 



