Love
The Difference
Translated by John Bowring (1830) · From Poetry of the Magyars (1830)
Love
The sparrow is no swallow, the gad-fly is no bee,
The crowfoot is no rose, and no grape the gooseberry;
No brass is gold, no bran as honey-comb is sweet,
And summer when it comes the thrush is pleased to greet:
The ducats of the rich, however bright and many,
Need never blush to own the poor man's single penny.
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Anonymous Hungarian Popular Songs. “The Difference.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-hungarian/43/.
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Anonymous Hungarian Popular Songs. “The Difference.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-hungarian/43/.
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