From ‘Do Trupa’ (To the Corpse) by Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, trans. MK The interplay between love and death is also the theme of this quote, which is the beginning of the 1661 poem Do Trupa (To the Corpse ...

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present and surface delightful treasures. Sign up here. When I think of death, I think ...