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The Soul Of A Century/Fragments of life

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Poem no. XXXI from the collection Cosmic Songs (Písně kosmické)

Jan Neruda3723058The Soul Of A Century — Fragments of life1943Roderick Aldrich Ginsburg

FRAGMENTS OF LIFE
(Cosmic Songs)

Green star above, in Zenith’s heights,
Shine cheerfully from afar.
From time to time, I stop to think
What dear old friends we are.

’Twas years ago, you heard me shout
In a mirthful, joyous whirl,
When for the first time I embraced
A sweet and lovely girl.

’Twas years ago you saw my face
Turn deathly pale one night,
When to my lips I raised and kissed
Her dead cold hand, in fright.

These are just fragments out of life,
Just bubbles in life’s streams.
From time to time, in course of years,
Man thinks of them and dreams.

We’ll live through sorrow and through joys,
We’ll live through all, some how.
Why does this sudden tear appear
When nothing pains me now?

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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.


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