The Soul Of A Century/I would like to know

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3724787The Soul Of A Century — I would like to know1943Jaroslav Vrchlický

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW

I would like to know . . . I would like to know . .
How has warm Spring arrived?
On the wings of birds did it fly down?
Was it bom in the dew-drops pearly gown?
Or was it from my soul derived?

I would like to know . . . I would like to know . .
What Springtime means to love.
Why to embrace and kiss and dream
We are driven by flowers and a moonlight beam
’Neath the peaceful stars above?

I would like to know . . . I would like to know . .
What in my soul found rest.
Is it love’s burning flame divine
Or bits of flickering songs that shine,
Or a passing dream at best . .

 This work is a translation and has a separate copyright status to the applicable copyright protections of the original content.

Original:

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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Translation:

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was legally published within the United States (or the United Nations Headquarters in New York subject to Section 7 of the United States Headquarters Agreement) between 1929 and 1977 (inclusive) without a copyright notice.


The longest-living author of this work died in 1987, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 36 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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