Otakar Březina

“ V záhyby mizících tvarů mlhami ze zraků tvých,
jak z květu mystického stromu střásal se přívalem sníh,
a houštl a temněl, zář do sebe vpíjel a šlehal a vál,
na ranách mé myšlenky jak v narudlých plamenech tál. ”

“ Dead arise therein from slumber, living in slumber therein are dead;
Lovers spake: Blinded are eyes by an over-great lustre
And all are slain there by time, as by fragrance that unknown blossoms have shed ”

“ Lay in stillness and delusion like unto a stone oppressed,
Smitten with toil.
But their spirit-hands to reach unto the stars were braced,
Myriad souls upon the earth and in all worlds they enlaced
And a long sigh of joyous awakenings,
A deathless town's solemn throes,
Rustling of spirit-wings, winds at play in mystical seedling-ground
Unseen orchestras' intoning sound,
Moving in tune with their secret gesture arose.
“The Hands” (1901) . ”

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