Sun muistan uneksivin vainioin ja yksinäisin, unhoitetuin taloin, kun taivas aamun kirkastunein valoin sun ylläs kaartui koittehessa koin. On ympärilläs korvet rämein, soin. Sun viljavainiosi keskeen saloin on sukupolvet luoneet aukein aloin maan kamarahan tarmoin, taisteloin. Sun kuinka koskaan jättää saatoinkin ma kesän valoon, talven pimeihin, miss' unhoittuneet kummut kohoavat ja maasta huutaa tomu vainajain: «ei sillä kotoa, ei kansaa lain, ken pettänyt on isäin muistot, tavat!«
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Authorship:
- by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885 - 1962), "Kotiseutu", appears in Valkeat kaupungit, in Pikkurunoja, no. 9, first published 1908 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-09
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