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Polish poetry
Cyprian Kamil Norwid - poems



GENERALITIES

1
When like a butterfly the Artist's mind
In spring of life inhales the air,
It can but say :
"The earth is round - it is a sphere."

2
But when autumnal shivers
Shake the trees and kill the flowers,
It must elaborate :
"Though somewhat flattened at the poles.''

3
Amid the varied charms
Of Eloquence and Rhyme
One persists above the rest:
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A proper word each thing to name !