An Anthology of Czechoslovak Literature/April

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April

A JOYOUS springtide of rainAnd God’s first rainbow o’er the countryside!  The sower lays the seed-cloth down   And trustfully  Paces the soil where he has sown.
Though frosts may come, yet shall the sacred tilth  Be never marred.For its one statute is to burgeon and to thrive,  To thrive though storm and sleet befall, Defying all.
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The worthy grandsires warm them by the chimney-sideAnd ancient wisdom, ancient ways they ponder o’er  And ancient weather-lore.The Months (1919).

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1930.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1970, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 54 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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