01853cam a22002893u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000340011324500220014726400510016930000470022033600260026733700260029333800360031950000310035550800190038652010140040553400660141965300350148585600430152078113UtSlPG20260610134818.0mcr n260607r20261904utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afi2iso639-1 4aPH1 aVuokoski, Viljami,d1880-194410aElämän urpuja 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2026-03-04  aTapio Riikonen  aElämän urpuja by Viljami Vuokoski is a collection of lyric poems written in the early 20th century. The book reflects on love and hatred, longing and loss, faith and death, and the pull of home and nation, using vivid nature imagery to frame a young conscience wrestling its way from despair toward hope.

Across brief, songlike pieces, the speaker moves from prayers and cries of weariness to flashes of consolation. Early poems set the frenzy of hatred against the quiet work of love; others mourn a lost sibling, confess the wounds of false love, and yearn for release from life’s burdens. A visionary dream nears hell and turns back toward mercy, while civic addresses urge harmony, reconciliation, and steadfast labor rather than the sword. Nature—dawn’s glow, dusk owls, forests and waters—mirrors shifting moods of temptation, grief, and renewal. The closing notes gather these themes into a call to trust, endure, and convert sorrow into song. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cHelsinki: Työväen Kirjapaino, 1904  aFinnish poetry -- 20th century40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78113