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Slave Songs
also: Sklavenlieder, Písně otroka
Songs of a Slave (Písně otroka, 1894) by the older Czech poet Svatopluk Čech, a hugely popular cycle of national lament; Bohusch reproaches it for 'rattling its chains.'
Reading notes
- Two Stories of Prague §49 Slave Songs
Songs of a Slave (Písně otroka, 1894) by Svatopluk Čech, the era's most popular cycle of national grievance; Bohusch's quarrel with it---that the truly oppressed lift their chains in silence---defines his idea of dignity.