Ignacy Krasicki Biography
Ignacy Blazej Franciszek Krasicki 3 February 1735 – 14 March 1801, from 1766 Prince-Bishop of Warmia in German, Ermland and from 1795 Archbishop of Gniezno thus, Primate of Poland, was Poland's leading Enlightenment poet " the Prince of Poets" , a critic of the clergy, Poland's La Fontaine, author of the first Polish novel, playwright, journalist, encyclopedist, and translator from French and Greek.
His most notable literary works were his Fables and Parables 1779, Satires 1779, and poetic letters and religious lyrics, in which the artistry of his poetic language reached its summit.
(An argosy of fables 1921/Polish fables)
A party of pleasure their sandwiches took,
In the shade of a willow, that hung o'er a brook;
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Translated by Przemyslaw Musialowski 7/27/2020
There lived two painters in the past:
Peter - who was good and poor,
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(An argosy of fables 1921/Polish fables)
The rain so soft had made the road,
That, in a rut, a Waggon-load,
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(An argosy of fables 1921/Polish fables)
A mimic I knew.
To give him his due.
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(An argosy of fables 1921/Polish fables)
A man beat his Coat
Now and then with a cane;
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