A LEGEND OF LAPLAND.

“Two servants were in Wanna Issi's pay;

A blazing torch their care;

Each morning Koit must light it till its ray

Flamed through the air;

“And every evening Ämmarik's fair hand

Must quench the waning light;

Then over all the weary, waiting land

Fell the still night.

“So passed the time; then Wanna Issi said,