An Anthology of Czechoslovak Literature/Who in My Stead?
Who in My Stead?
It flows.
When there grows
Above me the grass, when my body decays,
Who in my stead
Will my scutcheon upraise?
My eyes dimmed, and flame from my nostrils trailed.
By the Vitkovice foundries in smoke I was veiled,
Whether with sunshine or twilight at hand,
With a frown on my brow these slayers I scanned,
Rich Jews and counts of a noble line,
I a hideous pitman just sprung from the mine.
Though glistened their brows with a diadem,
My rigid stare did not flinch from them,
Nor my clenched fish, my scorn,
The miner’s wrath, Bezkyd-born.
So scant is my blood, and now from my lips
It flows.
When there grows
Above me the grass, when my body decays,
Who’ll relieve me on guard
And my scutcheon upraise?
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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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