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

Note 507 — 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 subjoined passage presents a specimen of the affectation of the Estilo Culto:—

Los ciento, que dio passòs, bella dama, los mil, que dio suspiros, tierno rio, siendo ella esquiva, mas que al Sol su rama, i el, mas que el Sol, amante a su desvio: yo cantarè, que amor mi pecho inflama, i no de Marte el plomo, cuyo brio en el vaciado bronce, resonante vengança es ya de Jupiter tonante.

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)