History of Spanish Literature, vol. 1 (of 3)

by George Ticknor

Quando no es lo que quiero,

Quiero yo lo que es;

Si pesar he primero,

Plaser avré despues.

If what I find, I do not love,

Then love I what I find;

If disappointment go before,

Joy sure shall come behind.

I add from the unpublished original:—

Las mys canas teñilas,