Růžena Jesenská, translated by Paul Selver

“ The tepid gulls of lakes grow blue far down,
And ice and snow the highest summits crown,
Nowhere of man or voice a sign—
How the ice and the snow and eternal peace are drawing near,
In which the beating of a heart I hear! ”

“ By boundless ocean!
Night and gloom are blent. . . .
"When the Hour is Late" (1910) .
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