"How shall I credit thee?-how conceive That thou wilt love as loving now?" 66 66 Silly shepherd, O rather believe Absence fans the lover's glow." Heavenly sounds! sure one who knew Love's art so well ne'er faithless proved!" No! I will love thee, fond and true, Dearer than I have ever loved." WHERE ART THOU, LADY? "Donde estas Señora mia." O WHERE art thou, and what art thou, Canst thou, canst thou be deaf to me,- Romancero General. Madrid, 1604, p. 148. MY ORNAMENTS ARE ARMS. "Mi arreos son las armas." My ornaments are arms, My sleep to watch alone. From rock to rock I go Along the dashing sea, And seek from busy woe With hurrying steps to flee; But know, fair lady! know, All this I bear for thee! Cancionero de Amberes. 1555. 182. I LOVED A LADY FAIR. "Amara yo una Senora." I LOVED a lady fair, for she Was virtue's favourite-virtue's boast, But, O my cruel destiny! That lovely lady I have lost. And I will seek the mountains rude, Nor seek the smiling world again. I'll go and feed the sadness deep grow within their darksome cells. I'll go and roam with beasts of prey, And in their dreary caverns live, While patience' lamp shall light my way, If patience can a lustre give. To dwell with her were bliss too great For such a trembling wretch as I, While death, that refuge calm and sweet, Sees me, and hurries scornful by. |