WorkFray Luis de León

Noche serena (Ode VIII)

Fray Luis de León (1527–1591)

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Confirmed reading

Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had this work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.

  • undatedNoche serenaDemonstrated

    “Noche serena. Por Fr Luis Ponce de Leon. Cuando contemplo el cielo / De innumerables luces adornado... In a soft moonlight evening By Luis Ponce de Leon.”

    Manuscripts (Houghton Library, Margaret Fuller Family Papers)

    Translated engagement type with substantial Spanish verse and English translation.

When Fuller engaged with this work

No datable encounters with de León, Fray Luis have been catalogued yet.

Undated

Pieces with no legible date. They are part of the record but cannot be placed on the lifeline.

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Extracts Only

p14–21
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“Cuando contemplo el cielo / De innumerables luces adornado / Y miro hacia el suelo / De noche rodeado / En sueño y en olvido sepultado [...] Nuestras vidas son los rios / Que van a dar en el mar”

Fuller, Margaret. "Extracts Only." Houghton Library, Harvard University; bMS Am 1086 (88); Box 6 (88).