Death & Dying
Dedication: To Ursula Kochanowski
Translated by Dorothea Prall (1920) · From Treny (1580)
A CHARMING, MERRY, GIFTED CHILD, WHO, AFTER SHOWING GREAT PROMISE OF ALL
MAIDENLY VIRTUES AND TALENTS, SUDDENLY, PREMATURELY, IN HER UNRIPE
YEARS, TO THE GREAT AND UNBEARABLE GRIEF OF HER PARENTS, DEPARTED HENCE.
WRITTEN WITH TEARS FOR HIS BELOVED LITTLE GIRL BY JAN KOCHANOWSKI, HER
HAPLESS FATHER.
THOU ART NO MORE, MY URSULA.
Tales sunt hominum mentes, quali pater ipse
Juppiter auctiferas lustravit lumine terras.
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MLA
Kochanowski, Jan. “Dedication: To Ursula Kochanowski.” Translated by Dorothea Prall. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kochanowski/0/.
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Kochanowski, Jan. “Dedication: To Ursula Kochanowski.” Translated by Dorothea Prall. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kochanowski/0/.
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