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gracefully expressed himself on this subject (in his Okus, p. 138) in a poem which he calls Labutj zpěw—or the Swan-song.

Běda! že se mi tak pozdě

Můza česká wygewila!

Že mne teprw na okragi

Hrobu zpěwcem včinila:

Že až na mé márý ze swých

Wenných růži wěnec dáwá

O mky, giž w temný saumrak

Na rozchodnou mnē podáwá!

Alas! that the bohemian muse

Should call so late upon the singer,

When on the borders of the grave,

A little while his footsteps linger.

She brings a wreath to deck my bier,

When years all mortal hopes dissever,

And beckons to detain me here,

When evening shades grow thick for ever.

Šnaidr is now justiciarius in Smidar.