My poems are like a daggerSprouting flowers from the hilt;My poetry is like a fountainSprinkling streams of coral water. Simple Verses (1891)
Terrible times in which priests no longer merit the praise of poets and in which poets have not yet begun to be priests. On El Poema de Niágara of Pérez Bonalde (1883)
My poems please the brave:My poems, short and sincere,Have the force of steelWhich forges swords. Simple Verses (1891)