From the Spanish. Ancient Spanish Ballads. I. Rio Verde, Rio Verde. Translations. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 1893. Complete Poetical Works

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). Complete Poetical Works. 1893.

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From the Spanish.
Ancient Spanish Ballads.
I. Rio Verde, Rio Verde

In the chapter with this title in Outre-Mer, besides illustrations from Byron and Lockhart are the three following examples, contributed by Mr. Longfellow.

RIO VERDE, Rio Verde!
Many a corpse is bathed in thee,
Both of Moors and eke of Christians,
Slain with swords most cruelly.

And thy pure and crystal waters	5
Dappled are with crimson gore;
For between the Moors and Christians
Long has been the fight and sore.

Dukes and counts fell bleeding near thee,
Lords of high renown were slain,	10
Perished many a brave hidalgo
Of the noblemen of Spain.

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