Note 118 — The Sixth Book.
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The Thracians say that the nightingales which build their nests about the Sepulchre of Orpheus sing sweeter and louder than other nightingales.
Pausanias.
Gongora has addressed this Bird with somewhat more than his usual extravagance of absurdity,
Con diferencia tal, con gracia tanta Aquel Ruiseñor llora, que sospecho, Que tiene otros cien mil dentro del pecho, Que alternan su dolor por su garganta. With such a grace that Nightingale bewails That I suspect, so exquisite his note, An hundred thousand other Nightingales Within him, warble sorrow thro’ his throat.