Name: The Soul Of A Century
Author: Josef Svatopluk Machar

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Josef Svatopluk Machar, The Soul Of A Century (1943)

“ For other flowers shines, by others is beloved.
Yes, it was I, who could have found their errors
For I knew best, they did not understand.
But none would stop to hear a slave’s complaining
And why should they? . . . Your early burning kisses
Fell fresh upon my unaccustomed lips
While your heart-beats blend with my own frightened beating,
Both hearts astir with love’s first flaming passion. ”

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Josef Svatopluk Machar, The Soul Of A Century (1943)

“ You droop your head with yearning, longing, grief.
O Clythia, and thus you gaze for ever
Over each garden wall and leafy hedge
That winds around the huts of railroad guards;
A reminder of past times and vanished men,
Still rises high the symbol of that love
That outlives Men, Eternities and Gods
And mutely speaks about its bitter grief.
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Josef Svatopluk Machar, The Soul Of A Century (1943)

“ To make man’s life an enviable lot.
For health and happiness are like two fiery steeds,
By prudence held in check and safely guided
To one’s set goals . . . .
⁠The gift of prudence
Faithfully was given both to Augustus
And to Pomponius. (That I dare link my name
Boldly to Caesar’s is not a mere bravado
Or empty flattery. The noble one himself
From time to time discusses my life’s journey
And thoughtfully he speaks of by-gone days,
And praises me . . . contending oft and on
That my deep friendship was one among the jewels
Of his own life.) ”

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Josef Svatopluk Machar, The Soul Of A Century (1943)

“ So the father called a famous goldsmith:
“Master, make two rings in every detail
To be the same in workmanship and rareness
As this ring that I have on my finger.”
When the goldsmith brought the rings he fashioned,
They were so alike in every detail,
That the father’s eyes alone detected
Which among them was the first and true ring.
Then he called his oldest son before him
And presented him one ring, beseaching
That he not reveal this to his brothers,
Thus to spare them envy, aches and sorrow . . . ”

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Josef Svatopluk Machar, The Soul Of A Century (1943)

“ To take one’s life as well as one’s belongings
And if you hid yourself in distant comers
Your property they’d take . . . . then burdensome becomes
The barren life, devoid of earthly treasures.
So I sold out, succeeded thus to hide
My life and wealth within the shades of science
In famous Athens . . . There I was enabled
To aid with loans, when the city’s need arose,
Or poverty had threatened to invade the homes
Of individuals I knew . . . Thus grew my wealth,
For money grows and strengthens, the more it travels
Like a river’s stream, increasing as it flows. ”

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Josef Svatopluk Machar, The Soul Of A Century (1943)

“ Where dwell their enemies, the killing eagles.
The geese pick up small pebbles in their beaks
And carry these across the tops of Taurus,
For fear their habitual noisy cackling
Might wake the eagles, dozing in the sunshine.
Just like the geese one must be very careful
In times uncertain, in places wrought with danger. ”

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Josef Svatopluk Machar, The Soul Of A Century (1943)

“ Fields rich with crops, around them endless fences
Of mighty cactus, full of crimson blossoms
As if besmeared with blood just freshly shed.
And over all, a reddish light is playing
Like a bloody dust . . . . . . ”

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