Slavdom: A Selection of his Writings, in Prose and Verse - Hardcoverby udovt Str (Author), Charles S. Kraszewski (Translator) 'Why do you whimper and wail, O Tatra streams and rivers, who carry your plaintive lament resounding to the sea?' asks the narrator toward the end of The Slovaks, in Ancient Days, and Now. They respond: 'Because our human compatriots do not join together in memory, as we our waters mix with our origin, and because their lives do not resound booming, but roll on unconsciously, like hidden