fl8 EST HON I AN POETRY, 



Stpfe peio poifikenne, 

 Se vor ohjad aunapafta, 

 Teitfed pava naludeji* 



Welcome, welcome, wedding-company! 

 W elcome, after the journey ! 

 Who kept you well upon the journey ? 

 Who fhewed to you the track ? 

 " God kept us well upon the journey ; 

 " Maria fhewed to us the track." 

 What kept you on the way fo long ? 

 Cl The hunting-line was hung upon the apple-tree, 

 " The halters on the beams of the fun." 

 Who took the hunting-line from the apple-tree, 

 The halters from the beams ? . 

 <£ That the youthful bridegroom did, 

 4C He took the hunting-line from the apple-tree, 

 xi The halters from the beams of the fun." 



III. But the damfel, his beloved, the delire and the 

 life of his foul, for whofe fake he undertook this wea- 

 rifome journey, and defpifed every difficulty, is fled. 

 The virgin has concealed herfelf, from female modefty. 

 " Where Is my promifed, my betrothed ?" — The pa- 

 rents and relations of the bride, who have hid her, 

 make anfwer : 



Hafri, hajli, peiokenne ! 

 Kes kaskis faiaga tulla? 

 Eks voinud fallaga tulla . ? 

 Neido hells pilli heale. 

 Ntido lentis leppikulk, 



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