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THE CZECHOSLOVAK REVIEW
A
Selection of Contemporary Czech Poetry by PAUL SELVER .
Translated
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top -booted and lithe , , ye Ho damsels in scarlet wear ;. Kijov In town ye ever were blithe , And blithe shall ye ever be there.
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