The article presents two little Old Polish lyric texts. The name „kozaczek” refers both to the main character of the text and the genre. The two works: Nadobna pieśń o kozaczku duchownym (in the form of a dialogue between the soul and the body, with each stanza accompanied with two refrains) and Kozaczek duchowny na dwa chóry (a song with a dialogue structure and two lyric refrains) concern the soul’s existence in heaven and the tortures inflicted on sinners. Both texts belong to devotional lyric of eschatological themes supposed to edify a multitude of the faithful. In its melic aspect and subject matter the kozaczek alluded to folk tradition.
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