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Jaroslav Seifert Quotes

1901–1986 Czech Republic

Jaroslav Seifert (23 September 1901 – 10 January 1986) was a Czech writer, poet and journalist. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1984.

Czech Republic
Poets

Random Jaroslav Seifert quote

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A lad changed to a shrub in spring,
the shrub into a shepherd boy,
A fine hair to a lyre string,
snow into snow on hair piled high.

An Apple from your Lap (1933)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jaroslav Seifert (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.