Category: Poetry
The selections from Espronceda included in this volume have been edited for the benefit of advanced Spanish classes in schools and universities. The study of Espronceda, Spain's greatest Romantic poet, offers the best possible approach to the whole subject of Romanticism. He i...
Espronceda's expulsion from Portugal was determined upon as early as August 14, 1827; but the execution of it was delayed. He must have reached England sometime within the last...
10. Chapter 10Mas ¡ay! que es la mujer ángel caído O mujer nada más y lodo inmundo, [210] Hermoso ser para llorar nacido, O vivir como autómata en el mundo. Sí, que el demonio en el Edén perd...
4. Chapter 4This ballad of Lisardo the Student of Cordova was undoubtedly Espronceda's main source in writing "The Student of Salamanca," and to it he refers in line 2 with the words _antig...
1. Chapter 1The selections from Espronceda included in this volume have been edited for the benefit of advanced Spanish classes in schools and universities. The study of Espronceda, Spain's...
3. Chapter 3Espronceda's health had been failing for some months. It is said that chronic throat trouble had so weakened his voice as to make his remarks in the Cortés scarcely audible. On...
5. Chapter 5Que un alma, una vida, | es (8) Cuando | hacia él fatídica figura (11) Y el otro ¡Dios santo! y el otro era | él! (12) ¡Villano! mas esto | es (8) En cada | hijo a contemplar un...
9. Chapter 9En tanto en nubes de carmín y grana Su luz el alba arrebolada envía, Y alegre regocija y engalana Las altas torres el naciente día: Sereno el cielo, calma la mañana, [1685] Blan...
8. Chapter 8Calado el sombrero y en pie, indiferente [1100] El féretro mira Don Félix pasar, Y al paso pregunta con su aire insolente Los nombres de aquellos que al sepulcro van.
7. Chapter 7D. DIEGO Os estoy mirando y dudo Si habré de manchar mi espada Con esa sangre malvada, O echaros al cuello un nudo [620] Con mis manos, y con mengua, En vez de desafïaros, El co...
6. Chapter 6Que el alma virgen que halagó un encanto Con nacarado sueño en su pureza [165] Todo lo juzga verdadero y santo, Presta a todo virtud, presta belleza. Del cielo azul al tachonado...
13. Chapter 13=dado= _m._ die. =dale= _interj._ (_expressive of displeasure_) hang it, come, again; =---- con tocar a muerto= plague take this funeral tolling. =dama= _f._ lady. =danza= _f._...
11. Chapter 11=653. vos=: antiquated for =vosotros=. Don Diego alone is addressed. After =Esperad, que= may be understood; such omissions of the conjunction are common in poetry. Punctuating...
12. Chapter 12=a= _prep._ to, at, on, upon, over, in, towards, with, from, for, around, by, of, when, as; _as sign of the accusative, not to be translated_; =----= + _inf._ if (=---- estar aq...
15. Chapter 15=padecer= _m._ suffering, pain. =padre= _m._ father; =----s= fathers, parents, ancestors. =padrino= _m._ sponsor. =paje= _m._ page. =palabra= _f._ word, promise. =palabrería= _f...
14. Chapter 14=ideal= _adj._ ideal, imaginary. =iglesia= _f._ church. =igual= _adj._ equal; =me es ----= it is all the same to me; =por ----= equally. =igualar= equal, consider equal. =ilumin...
16. Chapter 16=tabla= _f._ board, plank. =tácito, -a= silent, quiet, stealthy. =tacto= _m._ touch. =tachonado, -a= betrimmed. =tajante= _adj._ keen-cutting (_sc._ sword). =tal= _adj. pron._ s...