"Extracts translated by Clark Mills, Demie Jonaitis, and Theodore Melnechuk, in Algirdas Landsbergis and Clark Mills (eds.) The Green Oak: Selected Lithuanian Poetry (New York: Voyages Press, 1962) pp. 53-58"
— Kristijonas Donelaitis

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Kristijonas Donelaitis

Kristijonas Donelaitis (Latin: Christian Donalitius; 1 January 1714 – 18 February 1780) was a Prussian Lithuanian poet and Lutheran pastor.

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