02046cam a22002893u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000310011324500240014426400510016830000470021933600260026633700260029233800360031850000310035450800190038552012030040453400710160765300350167885600430171378097UtSlPG20260610134817.0mcr n260607r20261891utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afi2iso639-1 4aPH1 aMantere, Niilo,d1870-195410aKevättuulahduksia 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2026-03-02  aTapio Riikonen  aKevättuulahduksia by Niilo Mantere is a collection of lyric poems written in the late 19th century. The book dwells on nature’s renewal and the awakening of Finland’s national spirit, promoting unity, education, and moral courage under the guiding light of truth.

The poems move from winter’s darkness to spring’s brightness, using birds, fields, lakes, and northern skies to symbolize cultural rebirth and hope. Addresses to the nation and its youth call for study, honest work, and solidarity, urging readers to seek light, defend truth, and reject materialism. Rural scenes and seasonal vignettes (summer mornings, midsummer evenings, the return of the swallow, harvest fields) frame patriotic exhortations. Alongside civic themes, intimate love lyrics and elegies trace ardent devotion and grief for a lost beloved, tempered by faith in reunion and eternal peace. Reflective pieces weigh doubt and perseverance, praise the strength of conscience, and promise a “new morning” beyond earthly storms. Across the whole, recurring images of dawn, stars, and spring fuse personal feeling with collective purpose in a hopeful national hymn. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cHelsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, 1891  aFinnish poetry -- 19th century40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78097