An Anthology of Czechoslovak Literature/Once Again Shall We Return...
Once Again Shall We Return . . .
Was a blossom’s fragrance, that it lured us from the pathway, when in dusky silver
Evening floated over rivers, and once again shall we return
Where we heard a song from windows, which looked on to muteness of gardens.
So utterly radiant with autumn, in such a revel of colours,
And we shall search after splintered strains of an echo,
After the soft and buoyant footstep, that perchance left secret traces.
Such a bounty of lyrical balm in a resinous trickling,
And will steep its lofty and darksome branches in autumnal sunshine.
All in a single moment, upon the twilit pathway
And at the sunset hour, which so wrings the hapless heart. . . .
Once Again Shall We Return (1900)
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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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