The Westminster Review.
April, 1830.

  The Westminster Review.  
Ancient Bohemian Ballads. 304-321
Ludiše and Lubor. 312-315
Jaroslav.   (ukázka) 315
The Cuckoo. 316
Zezhulice.   (česky) 316
The Nosegay.. 317
Kytice.   (česky) 317-318
The Rose.. 318
Róze.   (česky) 318
The Abandoned.. 318-319
Opustiena.   (česky) 319
The Lark.. 319
Skřiwánek.   (česky) 319
The Strawberries.. 320-321

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           The Cuckoo.

   On the wide plain tow'rs an oak tree,
      Cuckoo sits upon the tree,
   "Why," he moans and "why" he murmurs-
      "Lives not spring eternally?"

   Would corn ripen in the meadows
      Did the spring for evest last:
   Or the apples in the garden,
      If the summer never past?

   What should freeze the up-piled wheat-rick,
      If the autumn ne'er were gone-
   And how gloomy were the maiden
      Did the seasons not move on?
Poznamenání:
Článek "Ancient Bohemian Ballads" napsal do Westminster Review Dr. Bowring (není podepsán).

John Bowring   (17.10.1792 - 23.11.1872), anglický jazykozpytec, spisovatel a politik. Vydal "History of Bohemian Literature by dr. Josef Jungmann" (1828) a výběr české poezie "Cheskian Anthology" (1832).

The Westminster Review.
Volume XIII., No. XXIV, April 1830. Art II.

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