The Soul Of A Century/My song

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3726941The Soul Of A Century — My song1943František Gellner

MY SONG

I know my skepsis is severe
And that my mind is proud, I fear.
My mean, blaspheming ridicule
Poisons pure ecstasy’s deep pool.

I dream by day and wake by night,
My views are paradoxic light,
I turn to hate my love’s wild trends,
And quickly loathe my nearest friends.

I little care what my neighbor says,
If good or bad he finds my ways.
In time I’ll mow the field I seed
For obsequies I will not plead.

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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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