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How to lop its hundred branches

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Wainamoinen, old and trusty,
Thought awhile, and well considered,
How to kill the mighty oak-tree,
First created for his pleasure,
How to fell the tree majestic,
How to lop its hundred branches.
Sad the lives of man and hero,
Sad the homes of ocean-dwellers,
If the sun shines not upon them,
If the moonlight does not cheer them
Is there not some mighty hero,
Was there never born a giant,
That can fell the mighty oak-tree,
That can lop its hundred branches?

Kalevala, Rune II, translated by John Martin Crawford

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Posted by Michael Hartford | Dec 19, '07 | 35mm, Black & White, Minneapolis, Pinned & Wriggling, Spotmatic, Winter, through the spaces of the dark |




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