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      “Dust in the Library” by Karel Hynek Mácha, Czech Republic (1810–1836)

      September 7, 2026

      The words asleep in aging books—

      Behind their spines, the world still looks.

      Each grain of dust a tale unsaid,

      Each breath I take revives the dead.

      From A Poem A Day: All Continental Europe

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