“Noch köstlicheren Samen bergen Wir, trauernd, in der Erde Schoos, Und hoffen, dass er aus den Särgen Erblühen soll zu schönerm Loos.” SCHILLER. As the early history of Poland is almost unknown in England, it may be necessary to state that this little poem is merely a poetical version of a real event, the memory of which is dear to every Polish heart. Wanda (the daughter of the great founder of Cracow), having really devoted herself to death for the sake of her country, under the circumstances and from the motives which are here assigned.…
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