Modern Spanish Lyrics

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Title: Modern Spanish Lyrics
Author: Various
Editor: Elijah Clarence Hills And S. Griswold Morley
Release Date: June 14, 2005 [EBook #16059]
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MODERN SPANISH
LYRICS
_EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND
VOCABULARY_

B Y

ELIJAH CLARENCE HILLS, PH. D.,
LITT.D.
Professor of Romance Languages in Colorado College
AND
S. GRISWOLD MORLEY, PH. D.

University of Colorado
NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

1913
Page iii
PREFACE
The present volume aims to furnish American students of
Spanish
with a convenient selection of the Castilian
lyrics best adapted to
class reading. It was the intention
of the editors to include no poem
which did not possess
distinct literary value. On the other hand, some
of the
most famous Spanish lyrics do not seem apt to awaken the

interest of the average student: it is for this reason
that scholars will
miss the names of certain eminent poets
of the siglo de oro. The
nineteenth century, hardly
inferior in merit and nearer to present-day
readers in
thought and language, is much more fully represented.

No apology is needed for the inclusion of poems by

Spanish-American writers, for they will bear comparison
both in style
and thought with the best work from the
mother Peninsula.
The Spanish poems are presented chronologically, according
to the
dates of their authors. The Spanish-American poems
are arranged
according to countries and chronologically
within those divisions.
Omissions are indicated by rows of
dots and are due in all cases to
the necessity of bringing
the material within the limits of a small
volume. Three
poems (the Fiesta de toros of Moratín, the _Castellano

leal_ of Rivas and the Leyenda of Zorrilla) are more
narrative than
lyric. The romances selected are Page iv the most lyrical of their kind.
A few songs have been
added to illustrate the relation of poetry to
music.
The editors have been constantly in consultation in all
parts of the
work, but the preparation of the Prosody,
the Notes (including articles

on Spanish-American
literature) and the part of the Introduction
dealing
with the nineteenth century, was undertaken by Mr. Hills,

while Mr. Morley had in charge the Introduction prior
to 1800, and
the Vocabulary. Aid has been received from
many sources. Special
thanks are due to Professor J.D.M.
Ford and Dr. A.F. Whittem of
Harvard University, Don
Ricardo Palma of Peru, Don Rubén Darío of
Nicaragua, Don
Rufino Blanco-Fombona of Venezuela, Professor
Carlos
Bransby of the University of California, and Dr. Alfred

Coester of Brooklyn, N.Y.
E.C.H.
S.G.M.
Page v
CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION:
I. Spanish Lyric Poetry to 1800
II. Spanish Lyric Poetry of the
Nineteenth Century
III. Spanish Versification
ESPAÑA
ROMANCES:
Abenámar
Fonte-frida
El conde Arnaldos
La
constancia
El amante desdichado
El prisionero
VINCENTE
(GIL) (1470-1540?)
Canción
TERESA DE JESÚS (SANTA)
(1515-1582)
Letrilla (que llevaba por registro en su breviario)

LEÓN (FRAY LUIS DE) (1527-1591)
Vida retirada
ANÓNIMO

Á Cristo crucificado
VEGA (LOPE DE) (1562-1635)
Canción
de la Virgen
Mañana
QUEVEDO (FRANCISCO DE) (1580-1645)

Epístola satírica al conde de Olivares
Letrilla satírica

VILLEGAS (ESTEBAN MANUEL DE) (1589-1669)
Cantilena:
De un pajarillo

CALDERÓN DE LA BARCA (PEDRO)

(1600-1681)
"Estas que fueron pompa y alegría,"
Consejo de
Crespo á su hijo
GONZÁLEZ (FRAY DIEGO) (1733-1794)
El
murciélago alevoso page vi MORATÍN (NICOLÁS F. DE)
(1737-1780)
Fiesta de toros en Madrid
JOVELLANOS (GASPAR
M. DE) (1744-1811)
Á Arnesto
MELÉNDEZ VALDÉS (JUAN)
(1754-1817)
Rosana en los fuegos
QUINTANA (MANUEL JOSÉ)
(1772-1857)
Oda á España, después de la revolución de