Social Commentaries
To an Envious Man
Translated by John Bowring (1830) · From Poetry of the Magyars (1830)
Social Commentaries
What! dost thou envy my happiness, bought with such struggles and perils?
I wish thy happiness too — and when will it bless thee? In death.
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MLA
Vitkovics, Mihály. “To an Envious Man.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vitkovics/8/.
Chicago
Vitkovics, Mihály. “To an Envious Man.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vitkovics/8/.
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