Love
To Lidi
Translated by John Bowring (1830) · From Poetry of the Magyars (1830)
Love
You ask me for song—I am but the lyre;
The harper is Cupid—fair maiden! inspire!
Cite this poem
MLA
Vitkovics, Mihály. “To Lidi.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vitkovics/6/.
Chicago
Vitkovics, Mihály. “To Lidi.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vitkovics/6/.
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