King, Georgiana Goddard: A brief account of the military orders in Spain (New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 1921)

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MILITARY ORDERS
Walsh's is
closer and
better
personal emotion as the sheer luminous
throb that is pure beauty.
Because the English reader is little used
to the intricate concision of the Castilian
concept, a version consciously unworthy
is set here.
“To save
thee from
the blame
Since all love’s sighing
His grief and crying
Has known no stay;
Since ceaseless praising
And ever raising
The stake I play
Opens no way
For what I pray
And long for ever,
For I know and say
I have less to-day
Than when first a lover!—-
Since her pride unshaken
My joy has taken
I—turned to dearth-
Would sooner, forsaken
Sleep, and not waken,
Under the earth;
HISPANIC NOTES