As thou speedest through the water. 250
Go thou forth my tears to gather,
From beneath the sparkling water,
Bounteous guerdon will I give thee,
And will give a dress of feathers."

Then the duck went forth to seek them,
Seek the tears of Vaeinaemoeinen,
Underneath the sparkling water,
On the black ooze of the bottom.
In the lake she found the tear-drops,
And to Vaeinoe's hands she brought them, 260
But they were transformed already,
Suffered beauteous transformation.
Into pearls were they developed,
Like the blue pearls of the mussel,
Fit for every king's adornment,
To the great a lifelong pleasure.

RUNO XLII.--THE CAPTURE OF THE SAMPO

_Argument_

The heroes arrive at Pohjola, and Vaeinaemoeinen announces that he has come
to take possession of the Sampo, either with good-will, or by force
(1-58). The Mistress of Pohjola refuses to yield it either by consent or
by compulsion, and calls together her people to oppose him (59-64).
Vaeinaemoeinen takes the kantele, begins to play, and lulls to sleep all
the people of Pohjola, and goes with his companions to search for the
Sampo; they take it from the stone mountain and convey it to the boat
(65-164). They sail homewards well satisfied, carrying the Sampo with
them (165-308). On the third day the Mistress of Pohjola wakes from her
sleep, and when she finds that the Sampo has been carried off, she
prepares a thick fog, a strong wind, and other impediments, to oppose
the robbers of the Sampo, which reach the vessel, and during the tempest
Vaeinaemoeinen's kantele falls into the water (309-562).

Vaeinaemoeinen, old and steadfast,
Secondly, smith Ilmarinen,
Third, the lively son of Lempi,
He the handsome Kaukomieli,
Sailed upon the lake's broad surface,
O'er the far-extending billows,
To the cold and dreary village,
To the misty land of Pohja,
To the land where men are eaten,
Where they even drown the heroes. 10

Who should row the vessel onward?
First, the smith named Ilmarinen.
He it was who rowed the vessel,
He was first among the rowers,
And the lively Lemminkainen
Was the last among the rowers.

Vaeinaemoeinen, old and steadfast,
In the stern himself was seated,
And he steered the vessel onward,
Through the waves he steered it onward, 20
Through the foa