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Anonymous -- "A Brave Pole on the Field of Mars" (A Song of the Bar Confederacy) (circa 1770)
   Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 395-399.
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 300-301.

Józef Baka (1707-1780)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Konstancja Benisławska (1747-1806)
  2 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• "Calling on All Creatures to Praise God." 275-276.
• "Midday Prayer." 276-277.

Wojciech Bogusławski (1757-1829)
  2 Songs from A Supposed Miracle or Cracovians and Mountaineers. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 305-307.

Franciszek Bohomolec (1720-1784)
  One Poem ("To Sir Gregory: A Drinking Song") and an article from The Monitor. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• From The Monitor: 1765. 215.
• "To Sir Gregory: A Drinking Song." 212-214.

Benedykt Chmielowski (1700-1763)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Franciszek Dmochowski (1762-1808)
  2 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

• "Caste of Oycow." 185.
• "Cracow's Environs." 185.

Teofila Glińska (circa 1765-1799)
  No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.

Jakub Jasiński (1761-1794)
  2 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• "My Song." 342.
• "To the Nation." 343-344.

Franciszek Karpiński (1741-1825)
  4 Poems. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter and Paul Soboleski. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 509-521.

• "Mazurka."
• "Morning Song."
• "On the Lord's Nativity."
• "To Justyna: Yearnings in the Spring."

• "Evening Hymn." 113-114.
• "Morning Hymn.." 113.
• "Peace that Virtue Brings." 115-116.
• "Yearnings in the Spring." 114.

• "The Lament of a Sarmatian at the Tomb of Zygmunt August, the Last Polish King of the Jagiellonian Dynasty." 282-283.
• "Mazurka." 284.
• "Morning Song." 285.
• "Night Song." 285.
• "Recollection of Past Love: A Pastoral Song." 280-281.
• "Song on the Birth of Our Lord." 286-287.
• "To Justina. Longing in Spring." 280.

Jędrzej Kitowicz (1728-1804)
  2 Pieces. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• Description of Customs During the Reign of August III: excerpts. 223-226.
• "On the Polish King," excerpt from Diaries or Polish History. 216-222.

Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin (1750-1807)
  3 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

• "Eternity." 101.
• "Religion." 101.
• "A Reverie." 100-101.

• "The Effect of Pleasure."
• "The Looms."
• "On Eliza."
• "To the Stars."

• "The Looms: In a Pastoral Genre." 290.
• "On Eliza." 294.
• "Two Linden Trees." 292.
• "To God." 293.
• "To Love." 292-293.
• "To the Stars." 288.
• "To Whiskers." 291-292.

Hugo Kołłątaj (1750-1812)
  3 Pieces. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• Political Law of the Polish Nation: excerpt. 329-331.
• "To Stanisław Małachowski, Crown Referendary, Speaker of the Sejm and of the General Confederation, Several Letters by the Anonym": excerpts. 319-322.
• "To the Illustrious Deputation Appointed by the Sejm to Prepare the Draft Constitution of the Polish Government": excerpts. 323-328.

Stanisław Konarski (1700-1773)
  "On the Effective Method of Deliberating or On Upholding the Ordinary Sejms": excerpt. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 199-205.

Ignacy Krasicki (1735-1801)
  3 Poems. World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time. Ed. Katharine Washburn and John S. Major. W.W. Norton. 1998.

• "Caged Birds." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer. 825.
• "The Lambs and the Wolves." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer. 825.
• "The Master and the Dog." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer. 825.

Stanisław I Leszczyński, King of Poland (1677-1766)
  The Advice of King Stanislaus Given to his Daughter the Queen of France: at Their Parting in August, 1725 . . .. Trans. unknown. Dublin: Thomas Walsh in Skinner Row. 1725.
  The History of Stanislaus I: King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Duke of Lorain and Bar, etc. To Which Is Added, A Relation of His Retreat from Dantzick: In a Letter to a Person of Distinction. Trans. unknown (Trans. from French). London: C. Davis and T. Astley. 1741.
  Lettre du Roi Stanislaw . . ., or A Letter from King Stanislaus, Written (in French) With His Own Hand, to a friend: . . .. Trans. Mr. Lockman. London: J. Roberts in Warwick Lane. 1734. In English and French.
  Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, duc de la Rochefoucauld [To Which Are Added Moral Sentences and Maxims of Stanislaus, King of Poland ...]. Trans. unknown. New York: W. Gowans. 1851. In microform at Brown University, Providence RI, USA.
  The Speech of Stanislaus to the Primate and Senators, on His Being Re-Elected King of Poland . . .. Trans. unknown. London: J. Isted. 1733.Evanston: Northwestern UP. 1992.

Anna Mostowska (circa 1762-circa 1833)
No English translations of her work appear to exist at this time.

Adam Naruszewicz (1733-1796)
  2 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

• "Constellation of Animals." 95-97.
• "Who Is Foolish?" 97.

• "Balloon." 231-233.
• "Satire IV: The Corrupt Age." 233-235.
• "Satire VI: The Gaunt Man of Letters": excerpt. 236-237.
• "To a Sad Friend." 229.
• "To the Stream." 227-229.
• "Voice of the Dead": excerpt. 230-231.

Ossoliński, Józef Maksymilian (1748-1826)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Józef Pawlikowski (1767-1826)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Jan Potocki (1761-1815)
  The New Decameron: Further Tales from the Saragossa Manuscript. Trans. Elisabeth Abbott. New York: Orion Press. 1967.
  Manuscript Found in Saragossa. Trans. Ian MacLean. New York: Penguin. 1996. [Also Viking. 1995]
  The Saragossa Manuscript. Dir. Wojciech J. Has. 1965.
  The Saragossa Manuscript. Trans. Roger Caillois and Elisabeth Abbott. New York: Avon. 1960.
  The Saragossa Manuscript: a Collection of Weird Tales. Trans. Elisabeth Abbott. New York: Orion Press. 1960. [Other editions include Cassell. 1962.   London: Icon Books. 1966.]
  Tales from the Saragossa Manuscript: (Ten Days in the Life of Alphonse Van Worden). Trans. Christine Donougher. Sawtry: Dedalus. 1990.

Wacław Rzewuski (1706-1779)
  2 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• "A Grove." 210-211.
• "On the Equality of Earthly Happiness": excerpt. 209-210.

Stanisław Staszic (1755-1826)
  4 Prose selections. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• "Peasants' Lands or an Industrious Peasant" from Warnings for Poland: excerpt. 339-340.
• Remarks on the Life of Jan Zamoyski, Chancellor and Grand Hetman of the Crown, Adapted to the Current Situation in the Polish Republic: excerpts. 334-335.
• "Testament (written in Warsaw on September 20, 1824)." 341.
• "To the Lords" from Warnings for Poland: excerpt. 336-339.

Stanisław Trembecki (circa 1739-1812)
  3 Poems. Trans. David Welsh. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 469-477.

• "The Gardens of Powazki."
• "The Sofiowska Estate."
• "The Stag Contemplating Himself."

• "A Deer Looking at Himself" from Some Fables from Aesop Translated When Possible in the Style of de La Fontaine. 273-274.
• "Epithalamion for Dorant and Clymene, or United Love." 271-272.
• "In the Album of Marcjanna K." 273.
• "To Madame Kossowska When Dancing." 268-270.
• "To Miss Tekla." 272.

Tomasz Kajetan Węgierski (1755-1787)
  2 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

• "My Wife." 147-148.
• "What One Likes." 148-150.

• "A Complaint of a Canon Against a Smith." 295.
• "Every Man to His Taste." 296.
• "A Letter to Rhymesters." 297-299.
• "A Philosopher." 296-297.

Jan Paweł Woronicz (1757-1829)
  3 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

• "From the Temple of the Sybil." 120-121.
• "Love and Virtue." 121.
• "The Poles." 121.

Józef Wybicki (1747-1822)
  2 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• "The Song of the Polish Legions in Italy" [Dąbrowski's Mazurka]. 302-303.
• Untitled. ["If one could in a few days . . ."]. 302.

Franciszek Zabłocki (1752-1821)
  3 Pieces. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• The Fop Suitor: excerpts. 311-317.
• "On a Decree Authorizing an Army of One Hundred Thousand." 308.
• "To the Assembled Estates." 310-311.

Andrzej Załuski (1702-1774)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.