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Leszko The Bastard

A Tale of Polish Grief. By Alfred Austin
 

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TO THE MOST EMINENT PHILANTHROPIST OF HIS AGE, This Poem is Dedicated WITH PROFOUND HOMAGE; IN THE EARNEST HOPE THAT IT MAY ENGAGE HIS SYMPATHY, AND SECURE HIS ZEAL, FOR THE MOST OPPRESSED OF SCLAVONIC COMMUNITIES, AND THE MOST PERSECUTED OF CHRISTIAN NATIONS. June 16th, 1877.