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as he the great conservators of their country's fame, and the sources of their country's hope. His words (Slawy Dcera, p. 73,) have been often referred to as topics of consolation:
In his Slawy Dcera, Kollár's affection for his country and for his Mina is exquisitely delineated, and towards the former no patriot ever poured forth more high-sounded breathings. He weeps "melodious tears" over the ruins of his father-land, and hurls his bitter and eloquent curses against her oppressors. When excited he "speaks daggers." Independently of his poetry he has rendered many services to slavonian philology.
- ↑ O how illustrious is the patriot's part,
Struggling for freedom with a constant heart.
