Nature
Thy beautiful eye is a lake
Translated by Joseph Štýbr (1920) · From Evening Songs (Večerní písně), trans. Štýbr (1920)
Nature
Thy beautiful eye is a lake
In darkness gently waving;
In it the bright lights of the night
And heavens’ blue are laving.
And as pure crystal it is clear,
One sees the bottom in it—
But who attempts to look in deep
Will shortly be drowned in it.
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MLA
Hálek, Vítězslav. “Thy beautiful eye is a lake.” Translated by Joseph Štýbr. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/halek/17/.
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Hálek, Vítězslav. “Thy beautiful eye is a lake.” Translated by Joseph Štýbr. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/halek/17/.
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