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 242 HUNGARIAN LITERATORE Th e Captive Stork, though not a ballad, is also an a1 legory belonging to the same period. THE CA PTI VE STORK.* A IMMy cflp#ivs stork do#'h s#flnd, W#h courtyflrd Wilils on svwy Ilfind ; Fflin would he wing his {light fl/flt' ; A cross ths sefi His Wf1Y would be, But pinions clippsd his SOflring bar. He s#flnds upon ons fool to drHm ; Thm shif#s it ; wsa.ry he tlo#h sesm. Thus cllfinging he #he time tloth spmd­ Naugh# else to do The whols day through, Sflvs shift flnd chiinge wilhout fln md. llis hefld bmeat/J his wing he lwys ; lnto #he dis#ance hs would gtus ; ln Vflin ; four walls are round tlboul. Pour wal l s of brick, So high flnl l thick, 'Tis vain #o smve to pieru wilhoul. True, hs could look up to Ihs sky, But no desire directs his eye ; Free storks above fl'Y far away, Fair lflnds to ses, Whils vainly he Both long to end his tlo ome d s#fly. He waits, wai#s ever, slill in vain, That his maimed wings may grOfiJ agflin, So hs can high in heflven soar ; T/Jere, whers his way No limitB s#fly, Free homelanils he can lrflvel o'er. Ths coun#ry glows wilh au#umn shem, But no mors storks flt ali MB sem,
 * LoEw'S "Magyar Poetry. "