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100 1 _aNoponen, Alpo,
_d1862-1927
245 1 0 _aNuoruuden muistoksi
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2026-05-04
508 _aJuhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen
520 _a"Nuoruuden muistoksi" by Alpo Noponen is a collection of poems written in the early 20th century. The verses blend patriotic devotion, moral reflection, and nature imagery, moving between exhortations to the young, portraits of Finnish life, and biblical and classical scenes. The likely focus is national spirit and civic duty tempered by compassion and faith, with recurring figures such as Suomi-neito, biblical heroes, and emblematic workers and students. The opening of the collection celebrates youth as the engine of renewal, urges the young to take over when the old tire, and retells the Roman legend of Marcus Curtius as a model of self-sacrifice. It honors noble memory, weighs human beauty at different life stages, prays for Finland’s fortune at the turn of the century, and, in a dialogue between Osmo and the Maiden of Finland, names three anchors of national life: religion, law, and song. Further poems weigh feeling against action (linked to a civic hall’s dedication), evoke Moses at the burning bush, and meditate on the “night of centuries,” spring hope, schoolyards, censored symbols, parliament’s duty, and the roar of Imatra as a national voice; there are also adaptations on Samson and a workers’ anthem. A narrative section follows with a cautionary tale of a village “saint” tested by the devil, the healing of the lame man at the temple gate, and fables about greed, misplaced charity, Queen Christina’s wintry exile, and the sting of truth. The final pages here begin tributes to Finnish women, a hymn to the homespun coat, and a March-day renewal, ending as a poem on “Home” begins. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cHelsinki: E. W. Ponkala, 1912
653 _aFinnish poetry
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78601
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