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IN SPAIN
79
in the Castle of Calatrava, and there, by
accident, upon the walls, he was wounded
by one of his own men, and so died. His
brothers were able to conceal this long
enough to make good terms for the sur-
render. Juan de Mena, feeling compelled
to praise him and caring little about him,
made shift with some fine verses that ring
like scabbards on saddle-leather when men
ride hard:
Lines on
the Death
of the
Keeper
I saw in the lift, as it passed over flying,
The new-released soul of the saintly
Lord-Keeper,
Discharged from the warrior’s body,
that deeper
In righteousness plunged as he strove
unto dying.
If faith be accorded to me in my singing
Forever in memory will stand as
perfected
The fame and the name of that Master-
elected
That I shall send down through the
centuries ringing.
by Juan
de Mena
AND MONOGRAPHS
79
in the Castle of Calatrava, and there, by
accident, upon the walls, he was wounded
by one of his own men, and so died. His
brothers were able to conceal this long
enough to make good terms for the sur-
render. Juan de Mena, feeling compelled
to praise him and caring little about him,
made shift with some fine verses that ring
like scabbards on saddle-leather when men
ride hard:
Lines on
the Death
of the
Keeper
I saw in the lift, as it passed over flying,
The new-released soul of the saintly
Lord-Keeper,
Discharged from the warrior’s body,
that deeper
In righteousness plunged as he strove
unto dying.
If faith be accorded to me in my singing
Forever in memory will stand as
perfected
The fame and the name of that Master-
elected
That I shall send down through the
centuries ringing.
by Juan
de Mena
AND MONOGRAPHS