"Before Majesty" (1978), trans. Czesław Miłosz and Robert Hass
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A weak human mercy walks in the corridors of hospitals and is like a half-thawed winter.
— Czesław Miłosz
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Czesław Miłosz" (Quotes, Hymn of the Pearl (1981))
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About Czesław Miłosz
Czesław Miłosz (30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish poet and essayist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980.
About Czesław Miłosz
Czesław Miłosz (30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish poet and essayist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980.
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