Ancient Spanish ballads; historical and romantic. Tr. by J. G. Lockhart, esq.

VALLADOLID. 143 VALLADOLID. [SEPULVEDA'S collection, Antwerp, 1680. En los tempos que me vi, &c.] MY heart was happy when I turned from Burgos to Valladolid; My heart that day was light and gay, - it bounded like a kid. I met a Palmer on the way, - my horse he bade me rein: " I left Valladolid to-day, - I bring thee news of pain; - The lady-love whom thou dost seek in gladness and in cheer, Closed is her eye, and cold her cheek: I saw her on her bier. " The priests went singing of the mass, - my voice their song did aid; A hundred knights with them did pass to the burial of the maid; And damsels fair went weeping there, and many a one did say, Poor cavalier! he is not here, -'t is well he's far away." I fell when thus I heard him speak, - upon the dust I lay; I thought my heart would surely break, - I wept for half a day. When evening came I rose again, the Palmer held my steed; And swiftly rode I o'er the plain to dark Valladolid. I came unto the sepulchre where they my love had laid, - I bowed me down beside the bier, and there my moan I made: " 0, take me, take me to thy bed, I fain would sleep with thee! My love is dead, my hope is fled, - there is no joy for me."

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Ancient Spanish ballads; historical and romantic. Tr. by J. G. Lockhart, esq.
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Lockhart, J. G. tr. (John Gibson), 1794-1854.
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Boston,: Whittemore, Niles, and Hall;
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