An Anthology of Czechoslovak Literature/At the Tomb of J. Kollár

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An Anthology of Czechoslovak Literature (1929)
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At the Tomb of J. Kollár by Ján Botto

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Ján Botto (1829-1881)4866938An Anthology of Czechoslovak Literature — At the Tomb of J. Kollár1929Paul Selver

JÁN BOTTO

1829–1881 (Slovak)

At the Tomb of J. Kollár

WHO weeps here?—’Tis said, He has passed away!
Nay, believe not,—they spake not aright.
’Tis true, the bell tolled at the end of the day,
But lo, the dawn o’er the height!

Who weeps here?—The prophet’s word, ’tis said
Is mute—his dwelling lone.
Brothers, believe not,—gaze ye ahead:
That word unto flesh has grown!

Who weeps here?—who saith, no more He lives,
The world and us to ensnare?
Gaze but around you: Slavdom lives—
And amid us His spirit there!
1859)

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