History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Vol 1 of 2)

Note 446 — SECOND SECTION. History of Spanish Poetry and Eloquence, from the Age of Cervantes and Lope de Vega to the Middle of the Seventeenth Century. (continued 2)

Thomasina Ross translation

The singularity of the language must be perceptible even to those who possess only a slight knowledge of Spanish. The dedication commences as follows:—

Passos de un Peregrino, son, errante, Quantos me dictó Versos, dulze Musa, En Soledad confusa, Perdidos unos y otros Inspirados, O tu, que de venablos impedido, Muros de Abeto, Almenas de Diamante, Bates los Montes, que de Nieve armados Gigantes de Cristal los teme el Cielo, Donde el Cuerno del Eco repetido, Fieras te expone, que al teñido Suelo Muertas pidiendo Terminos disformes; Espumoso Coral le dan al Tormes.

Return to SECOND SECTION. History of Spanish Poetry and Eloquence, from the Age of Cervantes and Lope de Vega to the Middle of the Seventeenth Century. (continued 2)