Bohdan Kaminský, translated by Paul Selver

“ Faces with radiance, souls with song, and flowers
With dew with reconciliation ills.
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Life is a book, read joyously in sooth,
When every page speaks fragrance to our soul,
And radiance, warmth, sweet tenderness to youth.
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Some ever from afar behold their joys,
Whose life is but a leaf torn from a book,
That in the fire a maiden's hand destroys.
"Men and Women" (1893) . ”