The Storm by Adam Mickiewicz: Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855) was a renowned Polish Romantic poet, and one of the greatest Slavic poets of all time. He is best known for his epic poems like “Pan Tadeusz” and his dramatic works.
However, as of my last training cut-off in September 2021, “The Storm” is not a recognized or famous work directly attributable to Adam Mickiewicz. You might be confusing him with another author, or perhaps referring to a lesser-known work, translation, or a specific section from one of his larger pieces.
If you provide more context or specifics about the work in question, I’ll do my best to help! Alternatively, if this is a new discovery or revelation post-2021, it might be outside the scope of my current knowledge.
He had a good education and studied at the Imperial University of Vilnius. It was here that his political activities began when he and a group of friends formed a secret society called the Philomaths. Their aims were clear and unequivocal – total independence from the Russian Empire. On graduation he became a teacher at a secondary school in Kaunas but he continued with his membership of the Philomaths and, in 1823, the authorities arrested him and he was banished to central Russia as a punishment.
The Storm by Adam Mickiewicz
The Storm
Of waters mingles with the ominous sound
Of pumps and panic voices; all around
Torn ropes. The sun sets red, we hope no more –
Where wet cliffs rising tier on tier surround
The ocean chaos, death advances, bound
To carry ramparts broken long before,
Upon his friends, embracing them. Some say
a prayer to death that it may pass them by.
One traveller sits apart and sadly thinks:
,,Happy the man who faints or who can pray
Or has a friend to whom to say goodbye.”
