#lydiakoidula (24/12/1843 - 1886)

#botd

"My country is my love,
And I want to rest,
To lay down into your arms,
My sacred #Estonia!
Your birds will sing sleep to me,
Flowers will bloom from my ashes,
My country, my country!"

✒ #LydiaKoidula, Estonian poet and playwright, was #BOTD 11 August 1886. #Poetry #Theatre

#Jannseni J.V. (Johann Voldemar Jannsen, 1819-1890)
Known affectionately as “#PapaJannsen”. First professional #Estonian journalist and father of #LydiaKoidula, he published the first #EstonianLanguage newspaper
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Kivimäe
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
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