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RKS POLISH Literature: Death Claims All (Władysław Reymont)
‘God bless you, but mark also you are a little old, and everyone is mortal, for: Death is not choosy Today a man, tomorrow a sheep With equal scrutiny she’ll reap.’ ‘I’m strong; I’ll hold out another twenty years, never you fear!’ ‘And Fearless was eaten by wolves.’ Władysław Reymont, “The Peasants”, 1909 Photo: R.…
RKS POLISH Literature: No Punishment for Thievery (Władysław Reymont)
Cause there’s no punishment for thievery. Ha, what’ll they do? Stick’em in jail, and give ‘em sommat to eat, where they’ll be nice and warm, pick up some tricks from their mates and when they let ‘em go they’ll be better thieves than ever after all that schoolin’. Władysław Reymont, “The Peasants”, 1909 Photo: R.…
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