Antonín Sova, translated by Paul Selver

“ The aged folk are on the brink,
And in sips their wine they drink;
Upon their locks the moon-light rests,
On withered skin and drooping breasts.
Still may they tarry for a space,
And still to something turn their face.
Still to the Field they will not go.
The yellow blossoms rustle low,—
They will not die. They answer "No."
"Sorrows Overcome" (1897) .
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“ And that before a new blossom the old one is slain by a chilling blight;
Visions, all visions grow mute at the vision of souls new-bom,
And God in His temples trembles at new gods that rise to smite. ”

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