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Send thou forth a hail of iron, And a hail of steel o'erwhelming, 360 Let it fall on thine own ploughing, Only on the fields of Pohja. "On the heath the bear awaken, And the fierce cat in the bushes, From the wood the curving-clawed one, 'Neath the pines the wide-toothed monster, But to range the paths of Pohja, And to prey on Pohja's cattle." Then did Pohjola's old Mistress Answer in the words which follow: 370 "Now my might has all departed, And my strength has greatly weakened. By the lake my wealth was taken, By the waves was crushed the Sampo." Then she hastened homeward weeping, Back to Pohjola lamenting. Nothing worthy to be mentioned Of the Sampo brought she homeward, Nothing but a little fragment, By her nameless finger carried, 380 But a fragment of the cover, Which to Sariola she carried: Hence the poverty of Pohja, And the starving life of Lapland. Vaeinaemoeinen, old and steadfast, Went back likewise to his country, But he took the Sampo's fragments, And the fragments of the cover, From the lakeshore where he found them, From the fine sand of the margin. 390 And he sowed the Sampo's fragments, And the pieces of the cover, Out upon the jutting headland, On the misty island's summit, That they there might grow and flourish, Might increase and yield their produce, As the ale obtained from barley, As the bread that rye is yielding. Then the aged Vaeinaemoeinen Spoke aloud the words which follow: 400 "Grant, O Jumala, Creator, That we now may live in comfort, And be joyous all our lifetime, And thereafter die in honour, In our pleasant land of Suomi, And in beautiful Carelia. "Keep us, O thou great Creator, Guard us, Jumala most gracious, From the men to us unfriendly, And from that old woman's malice. 410 Guard us from terrestrial evils, And the spells of water-sorcerers. "O protect thy sons for ever, May'st thou always aid thy children, Guard them always in the night-time, And protect them in the daytime, Lest the sun should cease from shining, Lest the moon should cease from beaming, Lest the winds should cease from blowing, Lest the rain should ceas
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