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THE SPIRIT OF HUNGARY

A PANORAMA OF HUNGARIAN
HISTORY AND CULTURE

by

Stephen Sisa

A WINTARIO PROJECT

Ontario - Canada

THIRD EDITION

Published in the United States of America


THE SPIRIT OF HUNGARY

Ferenc Kölcsey:
Magyar National Anthem
Bless the Magyar 0 our God,
Bountifully, gladly'
Shield with Thy protecting hand
When his foes smite madly!
Fate, of old, has rent him sore;
May it now bring healing!
By-gone sins are all aton 'd,
Ev'n the future sealing.

The first stanza of the Hungarian National Anthem (Hymnus)
by Ferenc Kölcsey.

Mihály Vörösmarty:
Summons

To you, ye nations of the world,
We call with passion 'd breath:
Should not a thousand years of pain
Bring liberty-or death?
It cannot be that all in vain
So many hearts have bled,
That haggard from heroic breasts
So many souls have' fled!

A stanza from he Summons (Szózat) by Mihály Vörösmarty.


Sándor Petőfi:
National Song

Magyars, rise, your country calls you!
Meet this hour, whate 'er befalls you!
Shall we freemen be, or slaves?
Choose the lot your spirit craves!
By Hungary's holy God
Do we swear,
Do we swear, that servile chains
We'll no more bear!
The first stanza

II

FIRST EDITION

Canadian copyright (c)1983 by The Rákóczi Foundation, Published by The Rákóczi Foundation, Toronto, Canada.
First Printing, June 1983
Second Printing, November 1983
Third Printing, February 1984
Fourth Printing, May 1984

Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data:

Sisa, Stephen
The Spirit of Hungary

Includes index.

ISBN: 0-9195454 - 02 - 5

1. Hungary --History. 2. Hungary -Civilization.
1. Rákóczi Foundation. II. Title

DB925.S57 943.9 C83 - 098874 - 2
Book and jacket design: Imre J.J. Koroknay

SECOND EDITION

Copyright 1990 by Stephen Sisa
Published by Vista Books
PO Box 1766
Morristown, New jersey 07962-1766
(908) 604-9702

All rights reserved

First Printing, October 1990
Second Printing, May 1993
ISBN:0-9628422-0-6

Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 90-62835
Printed in the United States of America

THIRD EDITION

Copyright 1990 by Stephen Sisa
Published by Vista Books
PO Box 1766
Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1766
(908) 604-9702

All rights reserved.

First Printing, June 1995
ISBN: 0-9628422-0-6

Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 90-62835
Printed in the Unites States of America

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