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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Kornel Ujejski (1823–1897)

Ujejski, Kornel (ö-yes’kē). A Polish poet; born in Galicia, 1823; died in 1897. Most of his poetry is inspired by love of his country, whose misfortunes he deplores. Among his works are: ‘Lamentations of Jeremiah’ (1847), considered one of the masterpieces of Polish literature; ‘The Song of Solomon’ (1840); ‘Odorless Flowers’ (1848); ‘Marathon,’ a poem; ‘A Fearful Night’; etc., as well as collections of shorter poems.