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

Note 285 — 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 Portuguese Saudades must by no means be confounded with the Spanish Soledades in the style of Gongora. (See preceding vol. page 435). In the Portuguese word Saudade are singularly blended the significations of Saùde (a salutation), and Soledad (the Spanish word for solitude). Hence also the untranslatable adjective Saudoso.

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