Josef Svatopluk Machar

“ That has to nature paid its final due?
Will he mark out each divers track of thought,
The irk of love, and all the anguish there?
And will the pallid jawbone tell him aught
Of laurels that this brow was fain to wear?
And will he wonder where the soul may lag
That once urged on its wings to starward flight?
Pooh! He will mumble forth some pious tag,
And cast the livid skull away from sight!
“Confiteor” (1887) .
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1928. ”

“ But gives the people power to judge a king;
For kingly power thrives only from the people.
And since this Stuart was a murderer,
A traitor, tyrant, foe unto his people,
The spirit of the Lord departed from him,
And him His wrath delivered to our judgment.
Thus, after the exemplar of old times,
And as exemplar to all coming ages
Hath been this body's fate ... The people are
E'en as the apple of God's eye, and most
When the Lord yields a king unto their judgment...
Falsehood, deceit and feigning were his weapons,
And they are broken as a reed doth break ”

“ Vsi hoří vzadu. Nebe černo dýmem.
Plamenné proudy z daleka se lijí
po zralém obilí a trávě lučin.
A z míst těch valí hlučící se mračno
avarských lidí. Šikmoocí jezdci
se pohupují volně na konících,
neb bezpečno je. A jsou spokojeni. ”