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MIKOŁAJ SĘP SZARZYŃSKI
(ca. 1550 - 1581)
Man, shamedly sired, painfully
Born, but a moment bides this earth,
Aye, midst change, misery, fear;
A shadow void of Sun, he dies.
(
Sonnet II
)
Rhythms, or Verses in Polish (translated by Richard Sokoloski):
Inscription for a Statue or an Image of Death
Sonnets
Paraphrases of Psalms
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Varia
Sonnet IV (translated by Michael J. Mikoś)