Do not such despite to the Aurora, a lady like thyself — be more courteous; thou shouldst not wrong a beauty, in whose every breath we drink the odour of the pink and jessamine. Its brightness, mighty divinity, has a fleeting empire over the day — giving gladness to the fields, colour to the flowers, the season of the loves, harmonious hour of wakening birds.

No hagais, señora,
Ese desprecio al aurora
Que es dama, y soy muy cortes;
Y no dejaré agraviar
Una hermosura, á quien deben
Todo cuanto aliento beben
El clavel, jazmin y azar.
Su luz, deidad singular,
Es breve imperio del dia,
De los campos alegria,
Pulimento de las flores,
Estacion de los amores
De las aves harmonia.

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