Lágrima viva de la fresca aurora, A quien la mustia flor la vida debe, Y el prado ansioso entre el follaje embebe; Gota que el sol con sus reflejos dors;…
Victoria Carolina Coronado y Romero de Tejada, born on December 12, 1820, in Almendralejo, Spain, was a Spanish Romantic poet, novelist, playwright, and essayist. She was one of the most popular poets of nineteenth-century Spain, and had a profound impact on Spanish diplomacy through her relationship with the Spanish royal family and with her husband, Horatio Justus Perry, the secretary of the United States Legation in Spain. She was the author of several titles, including Poesías (Imprenta de Alegría y Charlain, 1843) and the novel Paquita (Libros de la ballena, 1850). She died on January 5, 1911.
Carolina Coronado şiirleri
¿Cuál de las hijas del verano ardiente, Cándida rosa, iguala tu hermosura, La suavísima tez y la frescura Que brotan de tu faz resplandeciente?…
Nada resta de ti... te hundió el abismo... te tragaron los monstruos de los mares. No quedan en los fúnebres lugares ni los huesos siquiera de ti mismo.…
Far out of sight has flown, I know not where. Look in your lawn, I pray, Ye maidens, kind and fair, And see if my beloved bird be there.…