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

Note 306 — 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 whole sonnet is here subjoined. Were it not for the celebrity of the authoress, it would scarcely be worth while to augment this collection of examples by such a specimen:—

Musas, que no jardim do Rey do dia Soltando a doce voz, prendeis o vento: Deidades, que admirando o pensamento As flores augmentais, que Apollo cria; Deixay, deixay do Sol a companhia, Que fazendo invejoso o Firmamento Huma Lua, que he Sol, e que he portento, Hum jardim vos fabrica de harmonia. E porque naõ cuideis que tal ventura Póde pagar tributo á variedade Pelo que tem de Lua a luz mais pura: Sabey que por mercé da divinidade, Este jardim canoro se assegura Com o muro immortal da eternidade.

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