Vítězslav Hálek, The Soul Of A Century — A loveless world (1943)
“ The heart would roam about the world ’Til grief would end its plight. ’Twould be as sad as it was before God said, “Let there be Light.” ’Twould be so sad that man alone Would not want to tread the sod, And even the Lord in the heavens above Would not want to be a God. This work is a translation and has a separate copyright status to the applicable copyright protections of the original content. Original: This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”
