"Many runes the cold has told me, Many lays the rain has brought me, Other songs the winds have sung me. Many birds fr…"

"Väinämöinen, old and steadfast, Answered in the words which follow: "Yet a harp might be constructed Even of the bone…"

"Thus the ancient Wainamoinen, In his copper-banded vessel, Left his tribe in Kalevala, Sailing o'er the rolling billo…"

"There his bark he firmly anchored, Rested in his boat of copper; But be left his harp of magic, Left his songs and wi…"

"Thus the wise and worthy singer Sings not all his garnered wisdom; Better leave unsung some sayings Than to sing them…"

"But the Pólovtsy on trackless roads ran to the mighty Don."

"From early moon until the evening, from the evening until the day-light, tempered arrows fly, the sabres thunder abou…"

"Wizard Boyán, scion of Véles."

"Div arose crying calls on the tree-top."

"There have been the ages of Troyán; the years of Yarosláv have declined. There have been the armies of Olég, Olég Svy…"