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 MICHAEL VÖRÖSMARTY I45 A.j>peal,• a poem wh ich became one of the two national anth ems. lts leading idea is that a crisis is at hand, and eith er a brighter day must dawn or the whole nation must perish. Loyal and true for aye remain, Magyar, to this thy home l Here, where thy eradie stood, once more Thou'lt rest within thy tomb. No other land than this expantls For thee, beneath the sky ; The faus may bring thee bane or bliss, Here thou must live and die l Thy fathers' blood for this dear spot Hath often freely flowed ; Great names for full ten bundred years Have hal l owed this abode. Here fought, to found a native land, A rpád against his foes ; Here broke the yokes of slavery Hunyad, with mighty blows. Magyar, to this, thy native land, Ever devoled be l It nourishecl thee, and soon, when dead, lts earth receiveth thee. No other land than this expands For thee beneath the sky l The fales may bring thee bane and bliss Here thou must live and die l In The Living Sta tue he sings of subj ugated Poland, for which unfortunate cou ntry Hungarian poets have always displ ayed much sympathy, for th ey see in her fate that which has long threatened their own country. Poland is the living statue, whose terrihle lot it is to stand dumb and motionless while it sees and feels everything. The statue yearn s for her spellbound limbs to be set • LoEW' ..MagyarPoetry." K