Living

What Is Glory?

by Sándor Petőfi 1823–1849

Translated by William N. Loew (1912) · From Selected Lyrics

Living

What glory is? A splendid rainbow which on high
appears,
The rays of sun reflecting in the flow of human
tears.

MLA

Petőfi, Sándor. “What Is Glory?” Translated by William N. Loew. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/petofi/86/.

Chicago

Petőfi, Sándor. “What Is Glory?” Translated by William N. Loew. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/petofi/86/.

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