Linnut oksillansa vaikenevat, päivä vielä hetken viipyy poissa, neitseelliset haavat vapisevat autuaissa lemmen unelmoissa. Laaja lakeus kuin jättiläinen uinuu jälkeen päivän arkitöiden. Yksin tuuliviiri yksinäinen valvoo iäisesti ikävöiden, valvoo niinkuin valvot sydämeni tähystellen mennehesen aikaan: kuinka paljon iäks unhoon meni, kuinka vähän koskaan todeks saikaan!
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Text Authorship:
- by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885 - 1962), no title, appears in Runoja, in Lakeus, no. 7, first published 1906 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "Nocturne", op. 46 no. 7 (1907) [ voice and piano ], from Lauluja V. A. Koskenniemen sanoihin II, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
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