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⁠I scorned all empire, and that monarchy
The rosy east held out did I resign
⁠For one glance of Claridiana's eye,
The bright Aurora for whose love I pine.
A miracle of constancy my love;
⁠And banished by her ruthless cruelty,
⁠⁠This arm had might the rage of Hell to tame.
But, Gothic Quixote, happier thou dost prove,
⁠⁠For thou dost live in Dulcinea's name,
⁠And famous, honored, wise, she lives in thee.

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FROM SOLISDAN^[1]

TO DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA.

SONNET.

Your fantasies, Sir Quixote, it is true,
⁠That crazy brain of yours have quite upset,
⁠But aught of base or mean hath never yet
Been charged by any in reproach to you.
Your deeds are open proof in all men's view;
⁠For you went forth injustice to abate,
⁠And for your pains sore drubbings did you get
From many a rascally and ruffian crew.
If the fair Dulcinea, your heart's queen,
⁠Be unrelenting in her cruelty,
⁠⁠If still your woe be powerless to move her,
⁠In such hard case your comfort let it be
That Sancho was a sorry go-between:
⁠A booby he, hard-hearted she, and you no lover.

1. Solisdan is apparently a name invented by Cervantes, for no such personage figures in any known book of chivalry.