Kynäelmiä III : Runosommitelmia by Kaarlo Hemmo

"Tabby's travels" by Lucy Ellen Guernsey is a children's novel written in the mid-19th century. It likely follows Tabby (Tabitha) through formative journeys that test her character, blending adventure with moral and religious insight in a warm, domestic setting. The opening of the provided work is a Finnish poetry collection that begins with an invocation to the Muse and then turns to patriotic verse celebrating Finland’s stark beauty across the seasons, urging love of country, unity, and steadfast labor. Early poems mourn a “sick” homeland divided by strife, call for concord, praise a “juniper-like” hardy people, and use an allegorical dream to defend national identity against forced change. The next section shifts to intimate moods and reflections: remembrance of a mother’s faith, appeals to moral cleansing, contrasts between shallow pleasure and meaningful work, and tender, restrained love lyrics. A temperance tale follows, showing a man squandering his Christmas money on drink and suffering humiliation before seeking forgiveness. Pieces “from the children’s circle” offer witty and instructive vignettes, while occasional poems celebrate skating, seafaring hope, friends and performers, civic milestones, and communal pride. The sequence builds toward a civic ideal of harmony and shared purpose before the excerpt breaks off. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Hemmo, Kaarlo, 1858-1940
Title Kynäelmiä III : Runosommitelmia
Original Publication Pori: Gust. Ronelius, 1909.
Credits Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen
Language Finnish
LoC Class PH: Language and Literatures: Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literatures
Subject Finnish poetry -- 20th century
Category Text
EBook-No. 77227
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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