An Anthology of Czechoslovak Literature/Grief
Grief
Of a sudden I have called to mind my distant home;
Of a sudden I have called to mind grief of unquiet eyes.
Perhaps 'tis therefore I am hushed and as if void of hope.
But the sun soothingly sings its eternally youthful song
In orchard, on field, on mountains,
Along the wayside, too,
Where the young poplar, parched, defiant and bare,
Proclaims that now are ended all pangs of despair,
On fields where the stream skirts the willows in glittering flight,
How nimble, how nimble and bright,—
Even as on the dark mountains of my home,
Where on the greensward my youth lies lifeless, clad in white.
Verses (1912)
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1930. 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 54 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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