The Mind
Entreaty
Translated by John Bowring (1830) · From Poetry of the Magyars (1830)
The Mind
Wife! if thou love me, O mourn not upon the death-sod of thy husband:
Tears will ne'er summon me back to the regions of time;
Tears from thine eyes will disturb death's calm slumber of silence—
Bliss was our portion on earth—shall I weep in the grave?
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Vitkovics, Mihály. “Entreaty.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vitkovics/1/.
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Vitkovics, Mihály. “Entreaty.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vitkovics/1/.
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