The Soul Of A Century/Evening songs (3)

3723704The Soul Of A Century — Evening songs1943Vítězslav Hálek

EVENING SONGS

All slumbers now upon the world
Except the beating heart;
The Lord only knows why this alone
Ne’er stops, again to start.
Upon God’s world, all’s stilled and hushed
Except the heart’s glad tones;
The Lord only knows why this alone
Ne’er with exhaustion groans.

Sleep overtakes the very thought,
Night follows day’s loud din;
Only the heart keeps e’er awake
To guard our Love within.

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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was legally published within the United States (or the United Nations Headquarters in New York subject to Section 7 of the United States Headquarters Agreement) between 1929 and 1977 (inclusive) without a copyright notice.


The longest-living author of this work died in 1987, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 36 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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