Epic poem · 1845

Childe John

János vitéz

by Sándor Petőfi

Translated by William N. Loew (1912)

Petőfi's Hungarian folk epic in twenty-seven cantos: the shepherd boy Jancsi (Childe John) is parted from his sweetheart Helen and goes out into the world through war, giants and witches, until he wins her back and a fairy kingdom, here in English verse by William N. Loew.

Contents · 27 parts

• Canto I48 lines
• Canto II36 lines
• Canto III48 lines
• Canto IV56 lines
• Canto V66 lines
• Canto VIabout 100 lines
• Canto VII56 lines
• Canto VIII32 lines
• Canto IX12 lines
• Canto X32 lines
• Canto XI42 lines
• Canto XIIabout 100 lines
• Canto XIII86 lines
• Canto XIV92 lines
• Canto XV28 lines
• Canto XVI32 lines
• Canto XVIIabout 110 lines
• Canto XVIII45 lines
• Canto XIX86 lines
• Canto XX91 lines
• Canto XXI87 lines
• Canto XXII44 lines
• Canto XXIII44 lines
• Canto XXIV25 lines
• Canto XXV41 lines
• Canto XXVI28 lines
• Canto XXVII45 lines

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