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Eino Leino
8 quotes
“The others got heart, I got the harp.”
Eino Leino (1878–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I sang to my dear dead mother”
Eino Leino (1878–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“BLUE CROSS: Lord, great are my woes, / greater are your deeds, / do not think of me, / remember the unbaptised! // The Lord heard the bright one's cry, / he gave a sign, changed the girl / to a blue cross-tree ...”
Eino Leino (1878–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“TUURI: Let not evermore, / let the gods celebrate / with mortal people! / The gods have long festivals, / man's life is fleeting, / swift as a wheel's turn ...”
Eino Leino (1878–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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 mitten's on the stone still.”
Eino Leino (1878–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hark! My ears are catching corncrake’s clicking,”
Eino Leino (1878–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Outbursts blossom in Lapland rapidly”
Eino Leino (1878–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Lapissa kaikki kukkii nopeasti,”
Eino Leino (1878–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source