Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 3 (of 3)Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
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Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 3 (of 3)
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Authors -- Biography; Scientists -- Biography
[Footnote 80: In this and other quotations the reader must not expect
sense. Even while reprehending Gongora for obscurity, from carelessness
or from a notion of fine writing, Lope's meaning can very often only be
guessed at. This may partly be attributed to misprints; in his best
poems he is, for a Spaniard, singularly perspicuous.]
[Footnote 81: Lord Holland calls Lope's antagonist, a gentleman of
considerable rank and importance--Montalvan's expressions denote the
contrary: "un hidalgo entre dos luces, de poca hacienda, &c."]
[Footnote 82: Lord Holland's Life of Lope de Vega. Were these MSS.
examined, we might discover the real history of Lope's life at this
period.]
[Footnote 83: Vide Sonnets 46, 66, 82, 92, &c. of Rimas Humanas, parte
1.]
[Footnote 84: "Crióme don Geronimo Manrique:
estudié en Alcalá, bachilleréme,
y aun estuve de ser clerigo á pique:
cegóme una muger, aficionéme,
perdoneselo Dios, ya soy casado,
quien tiene tanto mal, ninguno teme."
_Epistola undecima._]
[Footnote 85: "Este y otros desayres de la fortuna, ya negociados de su
juventud, y ya encarecedos de sus opuestos, le obligaron á dejar su
casa, su patria y su esposa, con harto sentimiento."--_Fama, Postuma á
la Vida de Lope de Vega._]
[Footnote 86: Bouterwek says that all the panegyrics and epitaphs
written on Lope, ought to be carefully consulted as to the circumstances
of his life. We accordingly looked them over; but amidst an incredible
abundance and variety of hyperbolical praise, there are but two or three
that allude to any events of his life--the one above quoted, which,
after all, speaks vaguely and confusedly; the other is an elegy by
Andres Carlos de Balmaseda, which mentions his sailing with the Armada,
and his two marriages. But it tells nothing new. One or two others
recount some anecdotes of his old age to prove his charity and piety.]
[Footnote 87: "Sirvió Jacob los siete largos años,
breves, si al fin, qual la esperanza fuera,
á Lia goza--y á Rachel espera
otros siete después, llorando engaños,
assí guardan palabra los estranos.
Pero in efecto vive, y considera
que la podra gozar antes que muera,
y que tuvieron termino sus daños;
triste de mi, sin limite que mida
lo que un engaño al sufrimiento cuesta,
y sin rimedio que el agravio pida.
Ay de aquel alma á padecer dispuesta
que espera su Rachel en la otra vida,
y tiene á Lia para siempre en esta."
_Parte I. de las Rimas Humanas de Lope
de Vega_, 1604. Soneto V.]
[Footnote 88: "Quando la Madre antigua reverdeze,
bello pastor, y à quanto vive aplaze,
quando en agua la nieve se dehaze,
por el sol que en el Aries resplandeze,
la yerba nace, la nacida crece,
canta el silguero, el corderillo pace,
tu pecho a quien su pena satisface
del general contento se entristece.
No es mucho mal la ausencia que es espejo
de la cierta verdad ó la fingida;
si espera fin, ninguna pena es pena.
¡ Ay del que tiene por su mal consejo
El remedio impossible de su vida
En la esperanza de la muerte agena!"
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