An Anthology of Modern Bohemian Poetry/Ritournelles
Bohdan Kaminský (b. 1859).
RITOURNELLES
Amid this life, where age by age are pressed
A throng of hapless beings, naught save love
So potent is, that man thereon may rest.
Ever by love man raises him on high. . . .
Some let, ere this, their heart's blood ebb away
But if he ponders where is joy on earth,
Naught, if the heart is silent, makes reply.
Faces with radiance, souls with song, and flowers
With dew with reconciliation ills.
When every page speaks fragrance to our soul,
And radiance, warmth, sweet tenderness to youth.
Whose life is but a leaf torn from a book,
That in the fire a maiden's hand destroys.
"Men and Women" (1893).
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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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