Sun rauhaas lemmin kuin en muuta mitään ja tahdon tyyneyttä otsallasi, kun kätes ojentaen länteen, itään sa tyynnä odottelet onneasi: kun syksyöin sun kylvös kypsäks saapi ja nuori voimas kohoo tähkäin teriin ja ensi tähdet ylles kohoaapi ja kuu kuin sirppi kastettuna veriin.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), no title, op. 22 no. 2, from Lakeus, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885 - 1962), no title, appears in Runoja, in Lakeus, no. 2, first published 1906
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