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

Note 453 — 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

This rhapsody cannot be read without exciting astonishment.

Los milagros de Amarilis, aquel Angel superior, a quien dan nombre de Fenix, la verdad, y la passion. Mirava a su puerta un dia, en la Corte un labrador, que si adorar no merece, padecer si, mereciò. Una tarde, que es mañana, pues el Alva se riò, y entre carmin encendido, candidas perlas mostró. Divirtiose en abrasar a los mismos que alumbrò, y del cielo de si misma el Angel bello cayò, &c.

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)