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Quotation from Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot (compiler)

“But he left his harp of magic, Left his songs and wisdom-sayings, To the lasting joy of Suomi.”

Elias Lönnrot (compiler) (spoken by Narrator)

Kalevala, Rune L, trans. John Martin Crawford

Portrait of Elias Lönnrot (compiler)

The final lines of the story: Väinämöinen sails away in his copper boat but leaves his music to Finland.

Citation: "But he left his harp of magic, Left his songs and wisdom-sayings, To the lasting joy of Suomi." — Elias Lönnrot (compiler), Kalevala, Rune L, trans. John Martin Crawford. (id kalevala-q8)

Portrait: The Defence of the Sampo, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Public domain.

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