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

Note 505 — 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 commences thus:—

Luego que por oriente muestra su blanca frente el alba, que aporfia sano nos muestra el dia, i a la tarde doliente: veras salir las aves, ya ligeras, ya graves, i ya libres del sueño esclavas a su dueño dar canticos suaves: las Auras distraìdas, que soplan esparcìdas por selvas no plantadas, o se mueven paradas, o se paran movìdas, &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)