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

Note 272 — CHAP. III. HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE POETRY AND ELOQUENCE, FROM THE LATTER YEARS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY UNTIL TOWARDS THE CLOSE OF THE SEVENTEENTH.

Thomasina Ross translation

For example, the following reminiscential sonnet, which is disfigured only by the concluding phrase:—

Sempre que torno a ver o bello prado onde primeira vez a soberana divindade encontrey con forma humana, ou humana esplendor deificado: E me acordo do talhe delicado, do riso donde ambrosia, e nectar mana, da fala, que dà vida quando engana, da branca maõ, e do cristal rosado: Do meneo suave, que fazia crer que de brando Zefiro tocada a Primavera toda se movia; De novo torno a ver a Alma abrasada; e em desejar sômente aquelle dia vejo a Gloria Real toda cifrada.

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