The Polish Review, Volume 47Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America., 2002 - Poland |
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... poem by the flows of tears , as if measured by a clepsydra . Thus in this lament14 Mickiewicz returns to his Lithuanian home river whose waters flowed down , leaving behind only his tears . Between those poems , the poet sailed over the ...
... poem by the flows of tears , as if measured by a clepsydra . Thus in this lament14 Mickiewicz returns to his Lithuanian home river whose waters flowed down , leaving behind only his tears . Between those poems , the poet sailed over the ...
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The poem is reminiscent of St. Francis's Canticle of Brother Sun. Composed in 1225 , it was widely read in the Middle Ages and brought to prominence during the Romantic period . It harks back to the Bible , the main source of Francis's ...
The poem is reminiscent of St. Francis's Canticle of Brother Sun. Composed in 1225 , it was widely read in the Middle Ages and brought to prominence during the Romantic period . It harks back to the Bible , the main source of Francis's ...
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... ( Poem XXXI ) or when the motionless birches , dressed in glowing silk , are filled with the dread of winter ( Poem XXXII ) . Kasprowicz's keen love extends to people , especially common people . He recalls his aged friend who died in a ...
... ( Poem XXXI ) or when the motionless birches , dressed in glowing silk , are filled with the dread of winter ( Poem XXXII ) . Kasprowicz's keen love extends to people , especially common people . He recalls his aged friend who died in a ...
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