Omaa kirkkauttansa kummeksuin
kesäyöhyt maille laskeuupi.
Syviin aatoksiinsa unehtuin
puiset ristit yössä uneksuupi.

Elon onni, lempi, ystävyys,
tänne soi kuin kaiku laulun lauhan.
Kaartuu ikihyvä ijäisyys
yli sydämeni suuren rauhan.

Täälä jossain lähelläni liet,
-- tunnen ohitse sun kulkeneesi --
sa ken kerran uneksijan viet
rauhan kotiin, pyhään kirkkauteesi.

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Note: Kuula adds at the end the line "sä sinne uneksijan vienet."

Text Authorship:

• by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885 - 1962), "Kesäyö kirkkomaalla", appears in Runoja, in Lakeus, no. 8 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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