An Anthology of Czechoslovak Literature/Spake My Heart...
Spake My Heart . . .
Why rackest thou me, that I ne’er am still?
Why snappest my growth? And my leafage wrest?
Why marrest the song in each topmost nest?
I desire unto summer my branches to fling,
I desire to be fragrant, to lure, rustle, flower,
I desire a sun-gold, a star-silver dower.
It betides thee well, pampered thing that thou art!
Yearlong from bliss to bliss didst thou stray;
But for me, thou wouldst know nor sorrow nor sway.
Are we water and vapour, or hill-top and gleam?
I am mistress, thou’rt slave, hand am I, thing art thou,
At my bidding, as taper in tempest, to bow.
In Spite of All (1916)
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1930. 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 54 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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