I'll wed with misery now, and nought

But

your disdain shall meet my view,

And scathed in heart, and scathed in thought,

Lady! because unloved by you.

Diana enamorada, p. 220.

I CANNOT CEASE TO LOVE.

"Si os pesa de ser querida."

IF it distress thee to be loved,

Why-as I cannot cease to love theeLearn thou to bear the thought unmoved, Till death remove me, or remove thee.

O let me give the feelings vent!

The melancholy thoughts that fill me;
Or send thy mandate; be content

To wound my inner heart, and kill me ;
If love, whose smile would fain caress thee,
If love offend, yet why reprove?
I cannot, lady! but distress thee,
Because I cannot cease to love.

If I could check the passion glowing
Within my bosom,-if I could,
On other maids my love bestowing,

Give thy soul peace, sweet girl! I would.

But no! my heart cannot address thee

In aught but love!-then why reprove?

I cannot, lady! but distress thee,

Because I cannot cease to love.

Diana enamorada, p. 218.

DIEGO DE QUINONES.

DESIRE AND HOPE.

"En gran peligro me veo."

O! PATIENCE, long exerted, tires;
My heart is worn, and I must die:
For what desire demands, requires,
Hope is determined to deny.

And fancy, in her wilder'd dreams,
Builds cloudy follies,-it were vain
To listen to her misty schemes,
Which gather and disperse again.
No! from the contest I'll retire,

And death shall close my weary eyes,
For what is long'd for by desire

Is that, even that which hope denies.

Cancionero de Valencia, 1511, p.

122.

T

CONDE BERNARDINO DE REBOLLEDO.

TO A LADY.

"Dichoso quien le mira."

O HAPPY Who to thee can turn his eye!
And happier who for thee, sweet maid! may sigh;
But happiest he,-yes! his is joy supreme,

Who hears thee, lovely damsel! sigh for him.

Ocios. Amberes, 1660, p. 55.

CONDE BERNARDINO DE REBOLLEDO.

275

TO CLORA.

"Tus ruegos se lograrán.".

CLORA! to church-your sad complaint
Will find a remedy at least ;

For if your prayers won't move the saint,
I know full well they'll move the priest.

Ibid.