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Lemminkainen, much disheartened, / Deeply thought and long considered, / What to do, what course to follow, / Whether best to leave the wild-moose / In the fastnesses of Hisi, / And return to Kalevala, / Or a third time hunt the ranger, / Hoping thus to bring him captive, / Thus return at last a victor / To the forest home of Louhi, / To the joy of all her daughters, / To the wood-nymph's happy fireside.
Taking courage Lemminkainen / Spake these words in supplication: