The Kalevala, from rune 10:
(The black-smith Ilmarinen is reluctant to go 
to Pohjola [Pokhyola, the Northland], so sage Väinämöinen
makes him fly there:)

 Quick as thought old Wainamoinen
 Sang again in magic accents,
 Sang a storm-wind in the heavens,
 Sang the wild winds into fury,
 And the singer spake as follows:
 `Take, O storm-wind, take the forgeman,
 Carry him within thy vessel,
 Quickly hence, and land the hero
 On the ever-darksome Northland,
 On the dismal Sariola."
 Now the storm-wind quickly darkens,
 Quickly piles the air together,
 Makes of air a sailing vessel,
 Takes the blacksmith, Ilmarinen,
 Fleetly from the fir-tree branches,
 Toward the never-pleasant Northland,
 Toward the dismal Sariola.
 Through the air sailed Ilmarinen,
 Fast and far the hero travelled,
 Sweeping onward, sailing northward,
 Riding in the track of storm-winds,
 O'er the Moon, beneath the sunshine,
 On the broad back of the Great Bear,
 Till he neared Pohyola's woodlands,
 Neared the homes of Sariola,
 And alighted undiscovered,
 Was Dot noticed by the hunters,
 Was not scented by the watch-dogs.

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