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

Note 354 — SECOND SECTION. History of Spanish Poetry and Eloquence, from the Age of Cervantes and Lope de Vega to the Middle of the Seventeenth Century.

Thomasina Ross translation

The departed spirit which is conjured back to the dead body, delivers the following terrific address:—

Cese la furia del rigor violento, Tuyo, Marquino, baste, triste, baste La que yo paso en la region escura, Sin que tu crezcas mas mi desventura. Engañaste, si piensas que recibo Contento de volver á esta penosa, Misera y corta vida, que aora vivo, Que yo me va faltando presurosa; Antes me causas un dolor esquivo, Pues otra vez la muerte rigurosa Triunfará de mi vida y de mi alma, Mi enemigo tendrá doblada palma; &c.

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