18. [Page 79.] “The Timid Lover.”

Works of Melendez, ibid., p. 263.

This poem having been particularly mentioned by Martinez de la Rosa as favourably characteristic of the style of the author, may be considered best to be selected as an exemplification of it. It is what is termed a Letrillia.

El Amante timido.

En la pena aguda

Que me hace sufrir

El Amor tirano

Desde que te vi

Mil veces su alivio

Te voy à pedir,