02617cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000390012624500100016526400510017530000470022633600260027333700260029933800360032550000310036150801760039252013930056853400600196165300460202165300460206770000200211385600720213385600430220599900190224877708UtSlPG20260610134812.0mcr n260607r20261863utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a16018249  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPG1 aPrzyjemski, Juliusz Rawicz,d1820-10aWanda 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2026-01-16  aCharlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"Wanda" by Juliusz Rawicz Przyjemski is a dramatic poem written in the mid-19th century. It retells the Polish legend of Queen Wanda of Cracow as a patriotic verse drama about a ruler torn between private feeling and public duty under the shadow of a German suitor’s threats. Framed by choruses, a bard, and mythic river and night spirits, it fuses Romantic nationalism with questions of love, law, and sacrifice. Expect stately, ceremonial scenes and a heroine whose resolve directs the destiny of her people.

The opening of the poem sets a national and mythic tone: a Bard invokes Poland’s stifled song, while goblins and water spirits argue over the power of poetry and virtue on the Vistula’s banks. Wanda, newly ruling after Krakus, seeks counsel from the Bard about refusing all suitors and dedicating herself to the gods; he warns that queens are bound to fruitfulness, example, and the common good. Hermann, envoy of Rüdiger, arrives with threats; Wanda rejects him, and invasion follows. She leads Poland to victory, is praised by warriors and maidens, yet returns to Cracow troubled by the loneliness and perils of a woman’s rule. When the people refuse to choose any king but the one she names, she resolves to seek divine guidance atop Krakus’s tomb, poised between her nation’s love and the burdens of sovereignty. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: The Chiswick Press, 1863  aPolish drama -- Translations into English  aWanda (Mythical queen of Poland) -- Drama1 aMay, Anna Maria4 uhttps://archive.org/details/wandadramaticpoe00przy/page/n5/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77708  c118428d118428