Summary

Portrait of Karel Hynek Mácha Karel Hynek Mácha The Soul Of A Century — A dream of Praha (1943)

Lifeless, deathlike stands the ancient city,
Like a wasted grave now Praha stands,
Like the grave of a nation’s former splendor,
A nation’s grave bedecked with blooming flowers.
Speeding Labe and Vltava’s waters,
Blend their voices like a distant bugle,
As they chant the nation’s dirge of sorrow.
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