From the Spanish. From the Cancioneros. IV. Glove of black in white hand bare. Translations. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 1893. Complete Poetical Works

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). Complete Poetical Works. 1893.

Translations

From the Spanish.
From the Cancioneros.
IV. Glove of black in white hand bare


GLOVE of black in white hand bare,
And about her forehead pale
Wound a thin, transparent veil,
That doth not conceal her hair;
Sovereign attitude and air,	5
Cheek and neck alike displayed,
With coquettish charms arrayed,
Laughing eyes and fugitive;—
This is killing men that live,
’T is not mourning for the dead.	10