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

Note 282 — 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

The language of this sonnet will enable the reader to form a right idea of the merits of the author, who was, however, much admired in the age in which he lived!

Desdourem-se as areas do Pactolo, Turvem-se as claras aguas do Canópo, O bebado de Bacco entorne o copo, Rache a guitarra o franchinote Apollo. Desencache-se o Ceo de polo a polo, A douda Venus morra, e o seu cachopo, Em fim pereça tudo quanto topo, Que a Lereno matou o villaõ de Eolo. Por Jesu Christo se entre maõs tomara Este villaõ ruim, o Rei do vento, Com hum vergalho de boy o debreara. Por S. Pedro do Ceo, que hum momento A miseravel alma lhe mandara C’um piparote ao reino do tormento.

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