English poem
Luis Osorio
by Garcilaso de la Vega (1503–1536)
Know that the laws, to his disgrace, Condemn Don Luis now to fall, For (only think) he had the face To dance in the king's palace-hall! Dance with the Bird! oh fatal even! And yet, as he seems circumstanced, He ought perhaps to be forgiven, Since, as he says, he only danced.
More by Garcilaso de la Vega
- Juan de Mena, when he through
- Lady! from this net and coil
- Lashed by the waves, before, around, behind
- Loud blew the winds in anger and disdain
- Midst arms, with scarce one pause from bloody toil
- My tongue goes as grief guides it, and I stray
- Near the vale's fresh fountain
- Neither the odious weapons of the Gaul