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

Note 503 — 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

One of these odes commences in the following comic style:—

Entanto pues, hermosa casadilla, que los dos al pavon i tortolilla imitamos fielmente, tu con belleça, i yo con voz doliente: mi voz de tu belleça cante, qual cisne en su mayor tristeça: pues por ti mi deseo es musico suave mas que Orfeo. Cante el heroico al son de la trompeta el subito rumor de la escopeta, i el tragico celêbre calçado de Cothurno, accion funêbre: que yo de ti, casada, lyrico siendo, en cythara templada cantarê solamente tu voca, i ojos, tu mexilla, i frente, &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)