Note C — Chapter II · OF SPANISH POETRY TO THE TIME OF GARCILASSO.

"Again and yet again do I deplore This injury; dissatisfied Castile Has lost a treasure, whose rare worth, I feel, The thoughtless nation never knew before. She lost thy books, all unappreciated! In funeral expiation some were thrown To the devouring flames, and others strewn About, in ruinous disorder spread. Surely, in Athens, the false books of fled Protagoras, esteemed so reprobate, Were to the fire consigned with greater state, When to the angry Senate they were read."