| Samuel Waddington, comp. The Sonnets of Europe. 1888. | | | | Not Winter Crystal | | By Lope de Vega (1562–1562) |
| | Translated by Henry Richard, Lord Holland
NOT winter crystal ever was more clear | |
| That checks the current of the mountain stream; | |
| Not high wrought ebony can blacker seem, | |
| Nor bluer doth the flax its blossom rear; | |
| Not yellower doth the eastern gold appear; | 5 |
| Nor purer can arise the scented steam | |
| Of amber, which luxurious men esteem; | |
| Nor brighter scarlet doth the sea-shell bear; | |
| Than in the forehead, eye-brows, eyes, and hair, | |
| The breath, and lips, of my most beauteous queen, | 10 |
| Are seen to dwell on earth, in face divine:— | |
| And since like all together is my Fair, | |
| Lifeless elsewhere, alive in her are seen | |
| Ice, Ebony, Flax, Gold, Amber, and Carmine. | | | | |
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