| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). Complete Poetical Works. 1893. | | | | Appendix | II. Unacknowledged and Uncollected Translations.
The Lover’s Complaint |
| | By Hernando de Herrera
BRIGHT Sun! that, flaming through the mid-day sky, | |
| Fillest with light heaven’s blue, deep-vaulted arch, | |
| Say, hast thou seen in thy celestial march | |
| One hue to rival this blue, tranquil eye? | |
| Thou Summer Wind, of soft and delicate touch, | 5 |
| Fanning me gently with thy cool, fresh pinion, | |
| Say, hast thou found, in all thy wide dominion, | |
| Tresses of gold, that can delight so much? | |
| Moon, honor of the night! Thou glorious choir | |
| Of wandering Planets and eternal Stars! | 10 |
| Say, have ye seen two peerless orbs like these? | |
| Answer me, Sun, Air, Moon, and Stars of fire— | |
| Hear ye my woes, that know no bounds nor bars? | |
| See ye these cruel stars, that brighten and yet freeze? | | | | |
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