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It is the song of a drinker praising the healing power of wine to drive away all troubles. This kind of pseudo-folk song was not unusual in Hungarian poetry of the 1840s, but Petőfi soon developed an original and fresh voice which made him stand out. He wrote many folk song-like poems on the subjects of wine, love, romantic robbers etc.
Let there be peace, liberty, and concord. We demand the freedom of the press, the abolition of censorship. Independent Hungarian government in Buda-Pest. Annual national assembly in Pest. Civil and religious equality before the law. National army. Universal and equal taxation. The abolition of socage.
Sándor Petőfi reading the Nemzeti dal. The Nemzeti dal ("National Song") is a Hungarian patriotic poem written by Sándor Petőfi that is said to have inspired the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 [citation needed].
Petofi recited his new poem the National Song. From here – according to a preliminary agreement – they went first to the University of Law on University Street. A group of students was already waiting for them in the yard and they immediately brought a chair for Petőfi and Jókai, here Petőfi recited his poem written the night before, the ...
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Dem Andenken Petőfis (Hungarian: Petőfi szellemének, "In Petofi's Memory"), a piece for piano by Ferenc Liszt; Petőfi '73, a 1973 Hungarian drama film directed by Ferenc Kardos; 4483 Petöfi, a main belt asteroid; National Peasant Party (Hungary), a short-lived 1956 revival of a Hungarian political party under the name Petőfi Party
The original cover to János vitéz by Soma Orlai Petrich. János vitéz ("John the Valiant") is an epic poem written in Hungarian by Sándor Petőfi.It was written in 1844, and is notable for its length, 370 quatrains divided into 27 chapters, and for its wordplay.
The Battle of Segesvár (Transylvania, now Sighișoara, Romania), also called the Battle of Fehéregyháza, was a battle in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, fought on 31 July 1849 between the Hungarian revolutionary army under the command of Lieutenant General Józef Bem and the Russian V Corps under General Alexander von Lüders.