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I, who once with youthful mind
Played with love’s sweet verse, ...
Arms, and heroes I sing!

— Miklós Zrínyi The Siege of Sziget (1647)

Én az ki azelőtt iffiu elmével
Játszottam szerelemnek édes versével, ...
Fegyvert, s vitézt éneklek.

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Cf. Aeneid, bk. 1, l. 1: Arma virumque cano...

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Courage is sweet on the lips of a man,
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As the flaming brushfire, when meeting reeds,
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