An Anthology of Czechoslovak Literature/Medynia Glogowska (Oct. 8th, 1914)
PETR KŘIČKA
(b. 1884)
Medynia Glogowska (Oct. 8th, 1914)
Denser became the fray.
With an uneasy jest the crouching men
Bade them a grim good-day.
Thy will, O Lord, be done.
Bestow upon their souls the strength of fate:
Mother, unhappy one,
Above our woodland shining,
And as the years arrive and pass, afar
Waxing dim and declining.
Your hair, O distant maiden.
And with a grievous tide, and direful stress
Of love my heart is laden,
The tortured heart’s dull throes
And anguish, anguish of my nation’s cup
That bitterly overflows.
Of sturdy peasant breed,
God shall decide. As we have lived, we’ll fall,
Guiltless of evil deed.
Ranks thinning in the fight. . . .
Jesus, serene and humble-hearted one,
Have mercy on our plight.
The Hawthorn Spray (1916)
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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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