Love
The Mistake
Translated by John Bowring (1830) · From Poetry of the Magyars (1830)
Love
The spring is come! the spring is come! I heard the nightingale rejoice;
List to his warblings. O deceit! it was my Lollis' silver voice.
Cite this poem
MLA
Szentmiklóssy, Alajos. “The Mistake.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/szentmiklossy/3/.
Chicago
Szentmiklóssy, Alajos. “The Mistake.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/szentmiklossy/3/.
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