Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Holland: Vols. XIV–XV. 1876–79. | | | | Introductory to Spain | | To Spain | | José Zorrilla (1817–1893) |
| | Translated by Samuel Eliot
MANY a tear, O country, hath been shed, | |
| Many a stream of brother’s blood been poured, | |
| Many a hero brave hath found his bed, | |
| In thy deep sepulchres, how richly stored! | |
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| Long have our eyes with burning drops been filled,— | 5 |
| How often have they throbbed to overflow! | |
| But always bent upon some crimsoned field, | |
| They could not even weep for blood and woe. | |
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| Look! how beseech us to their own sweet rest | |
| Yon smiling flowers, yon forests old and brave, | 10 |
| Yon growing harvests, sleeping on earth’s breast, | |
| Yon banners green that o’er our valleys wave. | |
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| Come, brothers, we were born in love and peace, | |
| In love and peace our battles let us end; | |
| Nay, more, let us forget our victories,— | 15 |
| Be ours one land, one banner to defend! | | | | |
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