The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 2/Sonnet to Czechoslovak Independence Day
Sonnet to Czechoslovak Independence Day.
Hail! Land of Hus and Žižka, dawns the day
Of thy release from bondage long and sore!
The coming Freedom break the alien sway;
No hateful tyranny shall crush thee more;
Thy age-long warfare is accomplished now!
Thy ancient zeal old records plain avow.
That tell of Podiebrad; Komensky, hoar
In grief and sorrows for his stricken land,
Yet heralding redemption still at hand!
Where Moldau rolls majestical along,
Old Prague recalls her fearful Day of Blood,
When, facing death, thy nobles valiant stood!
Or Hus’s ashes, cast upon the flood—
Such sacred, patriot mem’ries thrill thy song!
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