An Anthology of Czechoslovak Literature/Hostess, Give Me Wine, I Pray
Hostess, Give Me Wine, I Pray
From Debreczin I took my way;
By hidden path-ways I did fare,
Lo, these shackles that I bear.
They pinioned fast my hands and knees,
That when gleamed the star of morn
I to the gallows might be borne.
By my sinews they were rended.
Wherefore are such gyves my plight,
For scanty bread and scanty right?
A sharp-edged axe; the day shall break
When we ourselves with spurs shall clank
Like the man of lofty rank.
This work is a translation and has a separate copyright status to the applicable copyright protections of the original content.
| Original: |
This work was published before January 1, 1931, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse |
|---|---|
| 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.
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse |
