Legends, Tales and Poems by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer - HTML preview

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XXXIII[1]

 

Es cuestión de palabras, y no obstante
    Ni tú ni yo jamás,
Después de lo pasado, convendremos
    En quién la culpa está.

  ¡Lástima que el amor un diccionario
    No tenga donde hallar
Cuándo el orgullo es simplemente orgullo,
    Y cuándo es dignidad!

[Footnote 1: This poem is composed of hendecasyllabic verses of both classes alternating with regular heptasyllabic verses, which latter are agudos and have the same assonance throughout.]