An Anthology of Czechoslovak Literature/Ye Who Upon the Earth...
JAROSLAV DURYCH
(b. 1886)
Ye Who Upon the Earth . . .
Are yet to come; unborn and sacred, unto whom
Life will give birth,
Save we have faith in you, we walk in gloom.
Or of the world’s renowned that they may grieve,
Will ye redeem the sin,
When the star from the East ye shall perceive?
Champions and heroes ye, in noble throngs.
Shame enough heavenward towers,
And yet more shame arises from our wrongs.
Ours ne’er will cleanse the earth, though amply it be shed:
Storm only can subdue
Earth where nor rose nor lily can be bred.
Will be urged on. Though poor our faith, remember it.
O, blessed are they
Within whose wombs your beings shall be knit.
Mendicant Songs (1925)
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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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