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

Note 509 — 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

Villegas has thus translated one of Virgil’s idyls into Spanish hexameters:—

Lycidas, Corydon, i Corydon el amante de Philis, Pastor el uno de cabras, el otro de blancas ovejas, ambos a dos tiernos, moços ambos, Arcades ambos, viendo que los rayos del sol fatigaban el orbe, i que bibrando fuego feroz la canicula ladra, al puro christal, que cria la fuente sonóra, llevados del son alegre de su blando susurro, las plantas veloces mueven, los passos animan, i al tronce de un verde enebro se sientan amigos, &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)