English Poems about Hungary [antikvár]

Introduction. The publication of a selection of poems in 18 languages, entitled "Hungary in the Poetry of Foreign ÍTations" is under preparation. Before the publication of that anthology, we give some specimens of famous English and American poems inspired by the spirit of Hungary, her people and by the greatness of some of her sons. The poem of Christina Bossetti (1830 — 1894) commemorates St. Elisabeth, daughter of Andrew II, King of Hungary, a patroness of the poor, the 700th anniversary of whose death was celebrated by the whole civilised world in 1931. Robert Browning (1812 — 1889) sings the praise of the wine of Tokay, the famous wine of Hungary, in a poem about the national drinks of all nations. Sir John Bowring^s (1792 — 1872) poem is an apotheosis of Alexander Petőíi the "Hungarian Barns" who died on the battlefield in 1849 in. the war for Hungary's independence. Algernon Charles Sioinburne (1837 — 1909), James Eussell Lowell (1819 — 1891) and John Greenleaf WUttier (1807 — 1892), the latter two Americans, wrote their poems about Louis Kossuth, who laid the foundations of the democratic ¦development of Hungary and was the nation's leader in its ¦struggle for independence in 1848—49. After '^his defeat, Kossuth emigrated to England and America, where he won many sympathisers for the cause of Hungary. Henry Simpson, President of the London Poets' Club, ¦offers consolation to dismembered Hungary in this beautiful verse. The impressive poems about the jamboree of Boy Scouts held in Hungary at Grödöllő in 1933, about the rocks of Mount St. Gellért in the heart of Budapest on the bank of the Danube and about St. Margaret's Isle have been written by Florence Aysworth Wood, who by her marriage became a Hungarian. In order to complete the forthcoming anthology, we request all those who know of poems about Hungary by other than Hungarian authors, to send such poems to Professor Arthur B. Yolland or to Mr. Joseph Szentkirályi (Budapest, VIII., Muzeum-körut 6., University of Science.) I. ¦