Evening songs: Poetry Guide and Free Edition

Evening songs is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Hálek, Vítězslav (1835–1874). The listed translation credits are Štýbr, Josef (1864–1938).

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Evening songs by Vítězslav Hálek is a collection of lyric poems written in the mid-to-late 19th century. The book centers on romantic love shaped by nature’s beauty, spiritual devotion, and the calling of the poet. The poems follow a lover who adores and courts a maiden, weaving images of spring, moonlight, stars, doves, and nightingales into prayers, vows, and confessions. Love appears as both bliss and wound, a divine gift mingled with tears; joy and separation alternate, and dreams promise reunion. Alongside intimate addresses are meditations on the heart’s mysteries and the sanctity of song, casting the bard as prophet and healer who turns sorrow into hymn and bids a realm of love for all who suffer. The sequence closes in quiet nocturnes and farewells—moonlit benedictions, distant partings, and a tender “good night” carried by clouds.

Book and edition facts

• Title: Evening songs
• Author credits: Hálek, Vítězslav (1835–1874)
• Catalogue language: English
• Translator credits: Štýbr, Josef (1864–1938)

Catalogue subjects

• Czech poetry -- Translations into English

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