Thou, Darro, far renownèd stream of gold, How well thou canst thyself exalt on high, And with new current and new strength, behold, Thou canst e'en with remote Hydaspes vie! MATEO DE BERRÍO[175] maketh bold To honour thee with every faculty So that through him e'en now the voice of fame Doth spread abroad through all the world thy name. Of laurel green a coronal entwine, That ye therewith the worthy brows may crown Of SOTO BARAHONA,[176] shepherds mine, A man of wisdom, eloquence, renown; Although the holy flood, the fount divine Of Helicon, should BARAHONA drown, Mysterious chance! he yet would come to sight As if he were upon Parnassus' height. Within the realms antarctic I might say That sovereign minds eternal fame attain, For if these realms abound in wealth to-day, Minds more than human also they contain; In many now I can this truth display, But I can give you plenteous store in twain, One from New Spain, he an Apollo new, The other, a sun unrivalled from Peru. FRANCISCO DE TERRAZAS[177] is the name Of one, renowned in Spain and in the West, New Hippocrene his noble heart aflame Hath given to his happy native nest; Unto the other cometh equal fame, Since by his heavenly genius he hath blest Far Arequipa with eternal spring-- DIEGO MARTÍNEZ DE RIBERA[178] I sing. Beneath a happy star a radiance bright Here did flash forth, so rich in signal worth That his renown its tiniest spark of light From East to West hath spread o'er all the earth; And when this light was born, all valorous might Was born therewith, PICADO[179] had his birth, Even my brother, Pallas' brother too, Whose living semblance we in him did view. If I must give the glory due to thee, Great ALONSO DE ESTRADA,[180] thou to-day Deservest that I should not hurriedly Thy wisdom and thy wondrous mind display; Thou dost enrich the land that ceaselessly To Betis doth a bounteous tribute pay, Unequal the exchange, for no reward Can payment for so fair a debt afford. DON JUAN, Heaven gave thee as the rare delight Of this fair country with no grudging hand, ÁVALOS' glory, and RIBERA'S[181] light, Honour of Spain, of every foreign land, Blest Spain, wherein with many a radiance bright Thy works shall teach the world to understand All that Nature can give us, rich and free, Of genius bright and rare nobility.