Five Centuries of Polish Poetry, 1450-1950: An AnthologyJerzy Peterkiewicz, Burns Singer |
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Page 69
... eye , still proud but now morose Studied the mirror where she saw her breast , As she leant sideways , wander half - undressed . She asked her body for advice . She sighed Then sat , eyes lowered , while her mind replied . The Count's a ...
... eye , still proud but now morose Studied the mirror where she saw her breast , As she leant sideways , wander half - undressed . She asked her body for advice . She sighed Then sat , eyes lowered , while her mind replied . The Count's a ...
Page 82
... eyes but no mouse to toss . Pedestrians , in mournful black , go by : The stoic's colour , but They shout , rush ... eye can rest . Let its repose be proud . And then a funeral . At last no rush . The side - street crowd respects death's ...
... eyes but no mouse to toss . Pedestrians , in mournful black , go by : The stoic's colour , but They shout , rush ... eye can rest . Let its repose be proud . And then a funeral . At last no rush . The side - street crowd respects death's ...
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... eyes as an altar in a grove of smoke would shine like a bone . You'll cover up your face . Mother's dry hips will give us no seed , even if after us a laurel is left as small as a smile , and history as big as a hand or a heart . Such ...
... eyes as an altar in a grove of smoke would shine like a bone . You'll cover up your face . Mother's dry hips will give us no seed , even if after us a laurel is left as small as a smile , and history as big as a hand or a heart . Such ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
TRANSLATORS PREFACE | 25 |
MORSZTYN Zbigniew 1620 ?1690 | 40 |
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