Zygmunt Krasiński

thumb|Zygmunt Krasiński in 1850 Count Napoleon Stanisław Adam Ludwig Zygmunt Krasiński (19 February 1812 – 23 February 1859) was a Polish poet traditionally ranked with Adam Mickiewicz and Juliusz Słowacki as one of Poland's Three Bards – the trio of Romantic poets who influenced national consciousness in the period of Poland's political bondage. He was the most famous member of the aristocratic Krasiński family. Quotes The Undivine Comedy (1833) Alas! thou sufferest, too, although thy pangsBring naught to birth, nothing create, nor serve! Not that I rise against thee, Poetry,Mother of Beauty, of ideal Life!But I must pity him condemned to dwellWithin the limits of these whirling worldsIn dying agonies, or yet to be,Doomed to sad memories, or prophecies,Perchance remorse, or vagueresentiments,—Who gives himself to thee! for everywhereThou ruinest wholly those who consecrateThemselves, with all they are, to thee alone,Who solely live the voices of thy glory! Painting the sensual with thy hues divine,—Thou turn'st away thy face, while scatteringPerchance upon his brow some fading flowers,Of which he strives to twine a funeral crown,Spending his life to weave a wreath of death! External links Category:Playwrights from Poland Category:Poets from Poland Category:Political activists Category:Catholics from Poland Category:1812 births Category:1859 deaths Category:People from Paris