Versos English Vítězslav Hálek Xxxii

English poem

Xxxii

by (1835–1874)

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Up in the oak tree a dove wailed-- Below, a brooklet muttered-- Don’t wonder, when I was to speak, That not a word I uttered.

Can he speak from all his soul’s depth Who does in strange lands wander? And man’s too human that he should At paradise not wonder.