Sorting through some books, this page fell out today. How apposite, I thought. But who was she? 17th century, I believe, but I don’t know any more. Do you?
Poem to Basia
Sorting through some books, this page fell out today. How apposite, I thought. But who was she? 17th century, I believe, but I don’t know any more. Do you?
Life Through Basia's Eyes 
Thomas Campion, poet and composer, from 1601.
But who, as you say, was Basia?
Could it be a theme for a novel? Like ‘The Girl With a Pearl Earring’?
best wishes from Karski (ex-Odd Few) who came across your blog while looking for some info about Juliusz Englert
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Apparently Basia is the Latin for kisses – rather sweet I think. But I had no idea.
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I should have spotted that. I did a bit of Latin back in the early MCMLXs.
I rather like the idea of the mysterious Polish muse, though.
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