Epic poem · 1848

The Apostle

Az apostol

by Sándor Petőfi

Translated by William N. Loew (1912)

Petőfi's long poem of democratic faith: the foundling Szilveszter, raised in cruelty, grows up to become a wandering preacher of liberty and brotherhood, here in twenty parts in English verse by William N. Loew.

Contents · 20 parts

• Part I94 lines
• Part IIabout 120 lines
• Part IIIabout 120 lines
• Part IV27 lines
• Part Vabout 200 lines
• Part VI38 lines
• Part VIIabout 160 lines
• Part VIIIabout 120 lines
• Part IXabout 230 lines
• Part X46 lines
• Part XI99 lines
• Part XIIabout 160 lines
• Part XIIIabout 170 lines
• Part XIVabout 110 lines
• Part XVabout 150 lines
• Part XVIabout 130 lines
• Part XVIIabout 210 lines
• Part XVIIIabout 120 lines
• Part XIXabout 170 lines
• Part XX25 lines

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