An Anthology of Czechoslovak Literature/The Sun-dial
The Sun-dial
Moss gluttonously crawls
And lichens in a spongy rabble.
And toad-flax. In the poisoned water-pit
Rats have a drinking-lair.
A sickly apple-tree, by lightning split,
Knows not, if it bloomed e’er.
Invade the rubble. Beaming, sunlit days
Liven the dial’s arc that fronts the place,
And freakishly and gaily on its face
Time’s shadow dances
And to the sky recites in words of gloom:
Sine sole nihil sum.
The Sun-dial (1913)
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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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