"You were my only flower; Now, wilted, my life is a desert"

Sándor Petőfi (1823 – 1849) was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered Hungary's national poet, and was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. He is the author of the poem “Talpra magyar” (“Rise, Hungarian”), written on the eve of the revolution, and is said to have inspired the the war of independence revolution in the Kingdom of Hungary that grew into a war for independence from the Austrian Empire. The Poem's words became its National Song (Nemzeti dal). It is believed that he died in the Battle of Segesvár, one of the last battles of the war.