02012cam a22002893u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000320011324500190014526400510016430000470021533600260026233700260028833800360031450000310035050800180038152011770039953400680157665300350164485600430167977520UtSlPG20260610134809.0mcr n260607r20251923utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afi2iso639-1 4aPH1 aKajanto, Antero,d1895-196810aValkeat tunnit 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-12-21  aTuula Temonen  aValkeat tunnit by Antero Kajanto is a collection of poems written in the early 20th century. The book paints luminous scenes of Finnish nature and everyday life across the seasons, using spring’s radiance as a gateway to themes of love, festivity, memory, loss, and the human condition.

The poems begin with the ecstasy of early spring and high summer—budding leaves, lake shores, students’ May Day gaiety, and Midsummer’s blaze—before turning toward autumn’s thinning light and winter’s hush, where dead water lilies, frost, and New Year’s night frame time’s passing. In the final part the voice grows inward and philosophical: Pegasus figures poetic inspiration; self-portraits grapple with smallness, doubt, and longing; the heart appears both captive and sovereign; fate and toil define the human lot; Christmas bells awaken childhood faith; a prayer-like elegy addresses the Highest; and the closing piece hails the poem itself as a night-born force moving through the world. Throughout, sensuous images and musical cadences guide a cycle from awakening to ripeness, decline, and reflective acceptance. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cJyväskylä: K. J. Gummerus O.Y., 1923  aFinnish poetry -- 20th century40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77520