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................................................................................................................... 27 HOMER?S HYMN TO THE EARTH: MOTHER OF ALL .................................................................................. 28 HOMER?S HYMN TO MINERVA................................................................................................................

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...the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau is a publication of the Pennsylva nia State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... “Beneath low hills, in the broad interval Through which at will our Indian rivulet Winds mindful still of sannup and of squaw, Whose pipe... ...t appears to have been properly named Musketaquid, or Meadow River, by the Indians. For the most part, it creeps through broad meadows, adorned with s... ...ut one seventh of the whole territory in meadow; this standing next in the list after pas turage and unimproved lands, and, judging from the returns ... ...found in this town are yet undescribed. These would, perhaps, complete the list of our finny contemporar ies in the Concord waters. Salmon, Shad, and... ...nes and the wet clay under our feet, and cheered by the tones of invisible waterfalls; with visions of toadstools, and wandering frogs, and festoons o...

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...Preface: The following translation was undertaken from a desire to lay before the English-speaking people the full treasury of epical beauty, folklore, and mythology comprised in The Kalevala, the national epic of the Finns. A brief description of this peculiar people, and of their ethical, linguistic, social, and religious life, seems to be calle...

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...INBOW ............................................................................................................................. 87 RUNE IX ORIGIN OF IRON.................................................................................................................................................... 92 RUNE X ILMARINEN FORGES THE SAMPO ...................................

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...THE KALEVALA The Epic Poem of Finland T ranslated into English By John Martin Crawford 1888 1888 1888 ... ... P UBLICATION The Kalevala trans. John Martin Crawford is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...yx, black, deep, and violent, and filled with hungry whirlpools, and angry waterfalls. Like Helheim of Scandinavian mythology, Manala, or T uonela, wa... ...o be com pared with it in this respect, unless it be some of the epics of India. It has been translated into several European languages; into Swedis... ...al sea shore, Sat upon the rock of sorrow, Sat alone in cold and darkness, Listened only to the music Of the winds and rolling billows, Singing all th... ...r drops, As in sad and wailing measures, Broken hearted thus she answers: “Listen, all ye mothers, listen, Learn from me a tale of wisdom: Never urge ... ...rdure, T o the unproductive uplands, To the oceans wanting whiting, To the waterfalls of Rutya, To the whirlpool hot and flaming, To the waters decked...