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  • No niego, dulce amparo del alma, que mis males son mayores que aqueste desamparo; mas cuanto son peores, tanto resonaran mas tus loores; the very beautiful and justly renowned _Virgen que el sol mas pura_, with its heart-rending supplication: los ojos vuelve al suelo

    Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment James Fitzmaurice-Kelly

  • No niego, dulce amparo del alma, que mis males son mayores que aqueste desamparo; mas cuanto son peores, tanto resonaran mas tus loores; the very beautiful and justly renowned Virgen que el sol mas pura, with its heart-rending supplication: los ojos vuelve al suelo

    Fray Luis de Leon Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James 1921

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