Jaroslav Vrchlický

Name: Modern Czech Poetry
Author: Jaroslav Vrchlický

Modern Czech Poetry (1920)

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“Modern Czech Poetry”, published in 1920, is a work by Jaroslav Vrchlický. It explores elements such as public domain, copyright and nežli zvíš.

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Jaroslav Vrchlický, Modern Czech Poetry (1920)

“ As though were flung a cymbal on the grassy ground.
Come, to the forest's marge amid the shade we fare,
The world shall see its image mirrored in thine eyes,
O come and feast thy gaze upon the wine-gold air,
And on the dew that clad the buds in pearly guise.
⁠If, love, thou enviest the dower,
More than thou know'st, the fern upon thy locks will shower.
⁠Or wouldst thou vale-wards go, and see the tints of red,
Decking the moss and leaves, and every ripening haw?
Or art thou timid lest, ere thither we have sped,
Chance haply will avail, my tips to thine to draw? ”

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Jaroslav Vrchlický, Modern Czech Poetry (1920)

“ Seek hours of joy, whose light is in thine eyes revealed?
Come, for the sun's first splendour on the country falls,
His sheen is in thy heart, like to a thread of gold,
Entrust to him thy steps, and gain love's heavenly halls,
Where youth doth to thy lips its draught of nectar hold.
⁠What is it nigh my head doth sound?
As though were flung a cymbal on the grassy ground.
“Eclogues and Songs” (1880) . ”

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Jaroslav Vrchlický, Modern Czech Poetry (1920)

“ The roofs are darkened by a flock of crows,
Dusk from their wings upon the world is shed.
The sky-line's fringe in sudden redness blazed, —
It gleams with orange hues that slowly die:
Haply, an angel's golden robe; he raised
Day in his arms, and bore it back on high.
“A year in the south” (1878) .
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1928.
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 52 years or less. ”

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Jaroslav Vrchlický, Modern Czech Poetry (1920)

“ Straightway the scent of roses best they seize,
Straightway their hearts they yield
To the blithe singing of the nightingale:
And they join lips to make
A fragrant, luscious chalice,
Wherein sleeps love, outlawed from paradise:
Thou gleam'st in some poor room,
Bedeck'st its walls with silver,
That in his sleep the poor man thinks on gladness. ”

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Jaroslav Vrchlický, Modern Czech Poetry (1920)

“ Each tree has stirred its fruit-o'erladen crest,
One boundless smile lay o'er the azure sky,
A mighty insect creased the water's breast,
'Mid blossoms gleamed a gorgeous butterfly.
The land its veil of shimmering mist uprolled,
As coils a maid her hair when she has bathed;
The ancient bridge with arches steeped in gold,
Quivered above the toirent, rainbow-swathed. ”

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Jaroslav Vrchlický, Modern Czech Poetry (1920)

“ See'st thou how o'er the mountains morning is ablaze:
Hear'st thou beneath the hedge-row how the grass-midge sings?
O come to me: Theocritus has filled my heart with lays,
My soul is as a mead in rainbow colourings. ”

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Jaroslav Vrchlický, Modern Czech Poetry (1920)

“ Fire mars the work of man, if so it wills.
Earth trembles . . . Who shall count the tale of ills
That upon man and his great labour prey?
He builds, and someone plucks it all away.
He yearns to live, and chokes in someone's snare. ”

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Jaroslav Vrchlický, Modern Czech Poetry (1920)

“ Jak ticho tam, jen zřídka kdosi kráčí,
krok jeho dutě zní; mám rád je z jara,
kdy zdá se, mládím zeď že jihne stará,
kdy první lístky kmitou tísní stromků,
kdy sýkorka se ozve ve svém domku,
na bílé bříze, kdy i hlína voní,
a staré topoly jak v dumě kloní
se k oknům paláců a jaro tuší.
12. PASTEL (TO JULIUS ZEYER) .
I love the roads that have not at their edges
Dark houses, but are fringed with garden-hedges. ”

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Jaroslav Vrchlický, Modern Czech Poetry (1920)

“ Jakoby někdo pohodil cymbál do trávy.
Pojď, my půjdem na pokraji lesa v stínu,
svět se bude ve tvých očích zhlížeti,
pojď se dívat, jak vzduch zlatý roven vínu,
a co perel dala rosa poupěti.
⁠Jestli mu, drahá, závidíš,
víc ti jich kapraď nahází v kadeř, nežli zvíš. ”

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Jaroslav Vrchlický, Modern Czech Poetry (1920)

“ A jako v souhlas hlasně zašuměly
kol vážné buky a stříbrné břízy,
prch' motýl, jen mák žhavý
jak výčitka stál tichý v parném vzduchu
a hořel v slunci . . .
„Život a smrt“ (1892) .
That nodded by my head ”

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