# Modern Poets and Poetry of Spain

MODERN POETS
AND
POETRY OF SPAIN.
By JAMES KENNEDY, Esq.,
HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S JUDGE IN THE MIXED COURT OF JUSTICE AT THE HAVANA.
LONDON:
LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.
1852.
PRINTED BY RICHARD TAYLOR,
RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.
CONTENTS.
* Page
* Dedication................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................iii
* Introduction. On the character of Spanish Poetry, Ancient and Modern.—Causes affecting it suggested from considerations of Roman civilization, Moorish wars, and personal history of the principal Poets.—Works on Spanish literature: Remarks on translation and language.—References to other modern Poets.—Spanish metres and versification................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................vii
* Preliminary Note. On the pronunciation of Spanish names and words................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................xxxiii
* PART I.
* I.Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos.
* Memoir of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3
* Epistle to Cean Bermudez, on the Vain Desires and Studies of Men................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18
* To Galatea's Bird................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................30
* To Enarda.—I................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................32
* To Enarda.—II................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................33
* II. Tomas de Iriarte.
* Memoir of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37
* Epistle to Don Domingo de Iriarte, on his Travelling to various Foreign Courts................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................46
* The Bear, the Monkey and the Hog................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................53
* The Ass and the Flute................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55
* The Two Rabbits................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................56
* The Lamb and his Two Advisers................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................58
* The Flint and the Steel................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................59
* III. Juan Melendez Valdes.
* Memoir of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................61
* Juvenilities................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................77
* The Timid Lover................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................79
* My Village Life................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................81
* Remembrances of Youth................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................84
* Of the Sciences................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................87
* The Disdainful Shepherdess................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................90
* IV. Leandro Fernandez Moratin.
* Memoir of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................95
* Dedication of the Mogigata to the Prince of the Peace................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................106
* Epistle to Don Gaspar de Jovellanos, sent from Rome................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................108
* V. Juan Bautista de Arriaza.
* Memoir of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................113
* Tempest and War, or the Battle of Trafalgar................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................123
* The Parting................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................132
* VI. Manuel Jose Quintana.
* Memoir of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................141
* To the Spanish Expedition for the Promotion of Vaccination in America, under Don Francisco Bahnis................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................152
* On the Battle of Trafalgar................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................158
* PART II.
* VII. Francisco Martinez de la Rosa.
* Memoir of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................169
* Remembrance of Spain, written in London in 1811................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................183
* Return to Granada, October 27, 1831................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................185
* Epistle to the Duque de Frias, on the Death of the Duquesa................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................190
* Anacreontic................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................199
* Bacchanalian................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................200
* VIII. Angel de Saavedra, Duke de Rivas.
* Memoir of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................203
* The Alcazar of Seville................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................224
* IX. Manuel Breton de los Herreros.
* Memoir of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................249
* Satirical Letrillias.—III................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................258
* Satirical Letrillias.—IV................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................260
* Satirical Letrillias.—VII................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................262
* X. Jose Maria Heredia.
* Memoir of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................265
* Sonnet. Dedication of the Second Edition of his Poems, to his Wife................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................275
* To his Horse................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................276
* The Season of the Northers................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................277
* Poesy, an Ode................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................280
* Ode to Night................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................285
* XI.Josè de Espronceda.
* Memoir of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................291
* To Spain, an Elegy. London, 1829................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................305
* The Condemned to Die................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................308
* The Song of the Pirate................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................314
* To Harifa, in an Orgy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................318
* XII.Jose Zorrilla.
* Memoir of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................323
* The Christian Lady and the Moor................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................336
* Romance, The Waking................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................339
* Oriental Romance, Boabdil................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................343
* The Captive................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................345
* The Tower of Munion................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................347
* The Warning................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................350
* Meditation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................352
* NOTES................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................357
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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