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An Anthology of Czechoslovak Literature/From a Meeting of the Common Council

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An Anthology of Czechoslovak Literature (1929)
translated by Paul Selver
From a Meeting of the Common Council by Antonín Klášterský
Antonín Klášterský4867069An Anthology of Czechoslovak Literature — From a Meeting of the Common Council1929Paul Selver

(4) From a Meeting of the Common Council

THIS worthy man will soon be fifty. . . . Sirs,
I think . . . in him such qualities we meet . . .
A patriot . . . it everywhere occurs. . . .
A house we’ll buy him . . . cheaply, all complete. . . .
I’ve one for sale. . . . His life is full of burrs;
Let his old age be jubilant and sweet. . . .
Rank opposition noisily demurs:
No house! But after him we’ll name a street!”

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Translation:

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1931.


The longest-living author of this work died in 1970, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 55 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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