=Fernán Caballero=: see note, page 110.
=148.=--_Canción_ has 8 syllables, and 1 rhythmic stress, to the
line:[*]
_El_ | _cla_ | _vel_ | _que_ | _tú_ | _me_ | =dis= | _te_
_El_ | _dí_ | a | _de_ | _la^As_ | _cen_ | =sión=_,_
_No_ | _fué_ | _cla_ | _vel,_ | _si_ | _no_ | =cla= | _vo_
_Que_ | _cla_ | _vó_ | _mi_ | _co_ | _ra_ | =zón=.
The rhyme-scheme is =-=, =a=, =-=, =a=; =-=, =b=, =-=, =b=.
[*] A stressed syllable (as in _Ascen_=sión=) at the end of a line
counts as two syllables.
¡BELLO ES VIVIR!
=José Zorrilla y Moral=, b. 1817 at Valladolid, d. 1893,--poet and
dramatist. Zorrilla was one of the most popular romantic poets of Spain,
and his writings exerted a deep influence on his contemporaries in
Spain and Spanish America. Much of his work was done hastily and
carelessly. Zorrilla is probably at his best in his _Leyendas_, which
give a somewhat imaginary history of medieval Spain. Works: lyric verse,
_Soledad del campo_, _Indecisión_, _Cantos del trovador_, et al.; plays,
_El zapatero y el rey_, _Traidor inconfeso y mártir_, _Don Juan
Tenorio_, et al.
=149.=--_¡Bello es vivir!_ (_fragmento de Indecisión_) has 11 syllables,
and 2 rhythmic stresses, to the line:
_¡Be_ | _llo^es_ | _vi_ | =vir=_,_ | _la_ | _vi_ | _da^es_ | _la^ar_ | _mo_ | =ní= | _a!_
_Luz,_ | _pe_ | _ñas_ | _cos,_ | _to_ | =rren= | _tes_ | _y_ | _cas_ | =ca= | _das,_
_Un_ | _sol_ | _de_ | =fue= | _go^i_ | _lu_ | _mi_ | _nan_ | _do^el_ | =dí= | _a,_
_Ai_ | _re_ | _de^a_ | =ro= | _mas,_ | _flo_ | _res_ | _a_ | _pi_ | =ña= | _das_.
The rhyme-scheme is =a=, =b=, =a=, =b=, etc.
[149.9] =Se ve... que nace=, 'the growing light of early morn is seen
upon the horizon.'
[149.12] =En el aire flotando==_flotando en el aire_.
[149.16] =desatan su voz=, 'burst into song.'
¡EXCELSIOR!
=Gaspar Núñez de Arce=, b. 1834 at Valladolid, d. 1903. Núñez de Arce
was a journalist, lyric poet and playwright. He wrote comparatively
little, but he had a great influence in literature and in politics.
Works: _Gritos del combate_, _Idilio_, _Vértigo_, _La pesca_; and the
plays, _El haz de leña_, _Quien debe paga_, _Deudas de la honra_, et al.
=150.=--_¡Excelsior!_ has 11 or 7 syllables, and 2 or 1 rhythmic
stresses, to the line:
_¿Por_ | _qué_ | _los_ | _co_ | _ra_ | =zo= | _nes_ | _mi_ | _se_ | _ra_ | _bles,_
_Por_ | _qué_ | _las_ | _al_ | _mas_ | =vi= | _les,_
_En_ | _los_ | _fie_ | _ros_ | _com_ | =ba= | _tes_ | _de_ | _la_ | =vi= | _da_
_Ni_ | _lu_ | _chan_ | _ni_ | _re_ | =sis= | _ten?_
The rhyme is assonance: _í-e_ in the first stanza, _á-a_ in the second,
and _é-a_ in the third.
[150.5] =más... Cuanto más=, 'the more... the higher.'
[150.10] =ligera=, 'quickly' (pred. adj.).