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JUAN MELENDEZ VALDES.
85
With roses Cytheran
Sweet martyrdoms twine,
Of the blinded ring join'd
To deliriums of wine.
And hopes so fallacious,
Bright castles that shone
In the air as upraised,
By the winds overthrown.
With the Muses to crown
The grave tasks, that are born
Of wisdom, with laurel
Their sons to adorn:
Here a thousand retreats
Of charm'd leafy arcade,
That to slumber beguile,
In freshness and shade:
There beyond in the bowers
Of sweet Cnidus arise,
As of fear and desire,
Half mingled, the sighs:
There the broad river spreads,
Showing soft its delights,
To oblivion of all
Whose crystal invites;
