Laments
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Laments is by Jan Kochanowski, and its title page says it was versified by Dorothea Prall. The introductory note says Jan Kochanowski (1530-84) was the greatest poet of Poland during its existence as an independent kingdom, and that his Laments are his masterpiece. A page headed To Ursula Kochanowski, a charming, merry, gifted child, says it was written with tears for his beloved little girl by Jan Kochanowski, her hapless father.
Lament I calls on Heraclitus and Simonides to come with their weeping and sad elegies. Lament XIV asks where those gates are through which so long ago Orpheus descended to the realms below to seek his lost one, and a voice in it says "Little daughter, I would find that path." Other lines, addressed to a dearest son, say such is Fortune's power that we should not lament when she hath done a bitter turn, but thank her in that she hath held her hand from greater injury.
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- Author
- Jan Kochanowski
- Pages
- 30
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Classical Poetry
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