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SONNETS
I
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
(EL BUEN PASTOR)
BY LOPE DE VEGA
Shepherd! who with thine amorous; sylvan song
Hast broken the slumber that encompassed me;
Who mad'st thy crook from the accursed tree;
On which thy powerful arms were stretched so long!
Lead me to mercy's ever…flowing fountains;
For thou my shepherd; guard; and guide shalt be;
I will obey thy voice; and wait to see
Thy feet all beautiful upon the mountains。
Hear; Shepherd! thou who for thy flock art dying;
O; wash away these scarlet sins; for thou
Rejoicest at the contrite sinner's vow。
O; wait! to thee my weary soul is crying;
Wait for me! Yet why ask it; when I see;
With feet nailed to the cross; thou 'rt waiting still for me!
II
TO…MORROW
(MANANA)
BY LOPE DE VEGA
Lord; what am I; that with unceasing care;
Thou didst seek after me; that thou didst wait
Wet with unhealthy dews; before my gate;
And pass the gloomy nights of winter there?
O strange delusion! that I did not greet
Thy blest approach; and O; to Heaven how lost;
If my ingratitude's unkindly frost
Has chilled the bleeding wounds upon thy feet。
How oft my guardian angel gently cried;
〃Soul; from thy casement look; and thou shalt see
How he persists to knock and wait for thee!〃
And; O! how often to that voice of sorrow;
〃To…morrow we will open;〃 I replied;
And when the morrow came I answered still 〃To…morrow。〃
III
THE NATIVE LAND
(EL PATRIO CIELO)
BY FRANCISCO DE ALDANA
Clear fount of light! my native land on high;
Bright with a glory that shall never fade!
Mansion of truth! without a veil or shade;
Thy holy quiet meets the spirit's eye。
There dwells the soul in its ethereal essence;
Gasping no longer for life's feeble breath;
But; sentinelled in heaven; its glorious presence
With pitying eye beholds; yet fears not; death。
Beloved country! banished from thy shore;
A stranger in this prison…house of clay;
The exiled spirit weeps and sighs for thee!
Heavenward the bright perfections I adore
Direct; and the sure promise cheers the way;
That; whither love aspires; there shall my dwelling be。
IV
THE IMAGE OF GOD
(LA IMAGEN DE DIOS)
BY FRANCISCO DE ALDANA
O Lord! who seest; from yon starry height;
Centred in one the future and the past;
Fashioned in thine own image; see how fast
The world obscures in me what once was bright!
Eternal Sun! the warmth which thou hast given;
To cheer life's flowery April; fast decays;
Yet in the hoary winter of my days;
Forever green shall be my trust in Heaven。
Celestial King! O let thy presence pass
Before my spirit; and an image fair
Shall meet that look of mercy from on high;
As the reflected image in a glass
Doth meet the look of him who seeks it there;
And owes its being to the gazer's eye。
V
THE BROOK
(A UN ARROYUELO)
ANONYMOUS
Laugh of the mountain!lyre of bird and tree!
Pomp of the meadow! mirror of the morn!
The soul of April; unto whom are born
The rose and jessamine; leaps wild in thee!
Although; where'er thy devious current strays;
The lap of earth with gold and silver teems;
To me thy clear proceeding brighter seems
Than golden sands; that charm each shepherd's gaze。
How without guile thy bosom; all transparent
As the pure crystal; lets the curious eye
Thy secrets scan; thy smooth; round pebbles count!
How; without malice murmuring; glides thy current!
O sweet simplicity of days gone by!
Thou shun'st the haunts of man; to dwell in limpid fount!
ANCIENT SPANISH BALLADS。
In the chapter with this title in Outre…Mer; besides
Illustrations from Byron and Lockhart are the three following
examples;
contributed by Mr。 Longfellow。
I
Rio Verde; Rio Verde!
Many a corpse is bathed in thee;
Both of Moors and eke of Christians;
Slain with swords most cruelly。
And thy pure and crystal waters
Dappled are with crimson gore;
For between the Moors and Christians
Long has been the fight and sore。
Dukes and Counts fell bleeding near thee;
Lords of high renown were slain;
Perished many a brave hidalgo
Of the noblemen of Spain。
II
〃King Alfonso the Eighth; having exhausted his treasury in war;
wishes to lay a tax of five farthings upon each of the Castillan
hidalgos; in order to defray the expenses of a journey from
Burgos to Cuenca。 This proposition of the king was met with
disdain by
the noblemen who had been assembled on the occasion。〃
Don Nuno; Count of Lara;
In anger and in pride;
Forgot all reverence for the king;
And thus in wrath replied:
〃Our noble ancestors;〃 quoth he;
〃Ne'er such a tribute paid;
Nor shall the king receive of us
What they have once gainsaid。
〃The base…born soul who deems it just
May here with thee remain;
But follow me; ye cavaliers;
Ye noblemen of Spain。〃
Forth followed they the noble Count;
They marched to Glera's plain;
Out of three thousand gallant knights
Did only three remain。
They tied the tribute to their spears;
They raised it in the air;
And they sent to tell their lord the king
That his tax was ready there。
〃He may send and take by force;〃 said they;
〃This paltry sum of gold;
But the goodly gift of liberty
Cannot be bought and sold。〃
III
〃One of the finest of the historic ballads is that which
describes Bernardo's march to Roncesvalles。 He sallies forth
'with three
thousand Leonese and more;' to protect the glory and freedom of
his native land。 From all sides; the peasantry of the land flock
to
the hero's standard。〃
The peasant leaves his plough afield;
The reaper leaves his hook;
And from his hand the shepherd…boy。
Lets fall the pastoral crook。
The young set up a shout of joy;
The old forget their years;
The feeble man grows stout of heart。
No more the craven fears。
All rush to Bernard's standard;
And on liberty they call;
They cannot brook to wear the yoke;
When threatened by the Gaul。
〃Free were we born;〃 't is thus they cry
〃And willingly pay we
The duty that we owe our king
By the divine decree。
〃But God forbid that we obey
The laws of foreign knaves;
Tarnish the glory of our sires;
And make our children slaves。
〃Our hearts have not so craven grown;
So bloodless all our veins;
So vigorless our brawny arms;
As to submit to chains。
〃Has the audacious Frank; forsooth;
Subdued these seas and lands?
Shall he a bloodless victory have?
No; not while we have hands。
〃He shall learn that the gallant Leonese
Can bravely fight and fall;
But that they know not how to yield;
They are Castilians all。
〃Was it for this the Roman power
Of old was made to yield
Unto Numantia's valiant hosts
On many a bloody field?
Shall the bold lions that have bathed
Their paws in Libyan gore;
Crouch basely to a feebler foe;
And dare the strife no more?
〃Let the false king sell town and tower;
But not his vassals free;
For to subdue the free…born soul
No royal power hath he!〃
VIDA DE SAN MILLAN
BY GONZALO DE BERCEO
And when the kings were in the field;their squadrons in
array;
With lance in rest they onward pressed to mingle in the fray;
But soon upon the Christians fell a terror of their foes;
These were a numerous army;a little handful those。
And while the Christian people stood in this uncertainty;
Upward to heaven they turned their eyes; and fixed their thoughts
on high;
And there two figures they beheld; all beautiful and bright;
Even than the pure new…fallen snow their garments were more
white。
They rode upon two horses more white than crystal sheen;
And arms they bore such as before no mortal man had seen;
The one; he held a crosier;a pontiff's mitre wore;
The other held a crucifix;such man ne'er saw before。
Their faces were angelical; celestial forms had they;
And downward through the fields of air they urged their rapid
way;
They looked upon the Moorish host with fierce and angry look;
And in their hands; with dire portent; their naked sabres shook。
The Christian host; beholding this; straightway take heart again;
They fall upon their bended knees; all resting on the plain;
And each one with his clenched fist to smite his breast begins;
And promises to God on high he will forsake his sins。
And when the heavenly knights drew near unto the battle…ground;
They dashed among the Moors and dealt unerring blows around;
Such deadly havoc there they made the foremost ranks along;
A panic terror spread unto the hindmost of the throng。
Together with these two goo