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To want and shame。



〃The eternal life; beyond the sky;

Wealth cannot purchase; nor the high

And proud estate;

The soul in dalliance laid; the spirit

Corrupt with sin; shall not inherit

A joy so great。



〃But the good monk; in cloistered cell;

Shall gain it by his book and bell;

His prayers and tears;

And the brave knight; whose arm endures

Fierce battle; and against the Moors

His standard rears。



〃And thou; brave knight; whose hand has poured

The life…blood of the Pagan horde

O'er all the land;

In heaven shalt thou receive; at length;

The guerdon of thine earthly strength

And dauntless hand。



〃Cheered onward by this promise sure;

Strong in the faith entire and pure

Thou dost profess;

Depart; thy hope is certainty;

The third; the better life on high

Shalt thou possess。〃



〃O Death; no more; no more delay;

My spirit longs to flee away;

And be at rest;

The will of Heaven my will shall be;

I bow to the divine decree;

To God's behest。



〃My soul is ready to depart;

No thought rebels; the obedient heart

Breathes forth no sigh;

The wish on earth to linger still

Were vain; when 't is God's sovereign will

That we shall die。



〃O thou; that for our sins didst take

A human form; and humbly make

Thy home on earth;

Thou; that to thy divinity

A human nature didst ally

By mortal birth;



〃And in that form didst suffer here

Torment; and agony; and fear;

So patiently;

By thy redeeming grace alone;

And not for merits of my own;

O; pardon me!〃



As thus the dying warrior prayed;

Without one gathering mist or shade

Upon his mind;

Encircled by his family;

Watched by affection's gentle eye

So soft and kind;



His soul to Him; who gave it; rose;

God lead it to its long repose;

Its glorious rest!

And; though the warrior's sun has set;

Its light shall linger round us yet;

Bright; radiant; blest。









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 shee

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