An Anthology of Modern Bohemian Poetry/Our Native Tongue
Svatopluk Čech (1846—1908).
OUR NATIVE TOUNGUE
Our native tongue.
Our native tongue.
A foreign tongue.
Our native tongue.
And tho' it were a beggar-girl, and nothing but a maiden spurned—
Our native tongue.
Our native tongue.
Be thou the apple of our eye, be thou to us more dear than all—
Our native tongue.
Our native tongue.
There has no compact e'er been made, that can impose a price to pay
On our native tongue.
From our native tongue.
Nay, ne'er shall be with our consent surrendered to an overlord,
Our native tongue.
From us be wrung.
Ne'er shall it retreat, but ever farther onwards must it go—
Our native tongue.
Our native tongue!
"New Songs" (1888).
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929. 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 53 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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