ura en
Venezuela_ (1892), both by Julio Calcano, Caracas; _La
literatura venezolana en el siglo XIX_, Gonzalo Picon
Febres, Caracas, 1906; _Parnaso venezolano_, 12
vols., Julio Calcano, Caracas, 1892; _Biblioteca de
escritores venezolanos_, Jose Maria Rojas, Paris,
1875; _Parnaso venezolano_, Barcelona, 1906.

Bello: see preceding note.

1. The _Lion_ symbolizes Spain, since from the medieval
kingdom of Leon modern Spain sprang. The battle of Bailen
(see in _Vocab._) took place in 1808 when Bello was
twenty-seven years of age and still loyal to Spain.

=214.=--16 to =215.=--3. =Que... concibes= = _que
circunscribes el vago curso_ =al= _(= del) sol enamorado,
y (tu), acariciada de su luz, concibes_ =cuanto page 321
ser= (= every being that) _se anima en cada vario clima._

18. The use of =quien= referring to inanimate objects is
now archaic.

=216.=--19 to =217.=--3. It is said that the banana gives
nourishment to more human beings than does any other
plant. The fruit is taken when it is still green, before
the starch has turned to sugar, and it is boiled, or
baked, or it is ground and made into a coarse bread.

6-8. =En que... bondadosa!= = _en que (la) naturaleza
bondadosa quiso hacer resena de sus favores..._

9. The student should compare this and the following lines
with _Vida retirada_ by Fray Luis de Leon, p. 9.

19. The rime requires =habita=, instead of _habitad_.

22-23. =Y... atada= = _y la razon va atada al triunfal
carro de la moda, universal senora_.

=219.=--10-16. =?Esperareis... ata?= = _?esperareis que
(el) himeneo forme mas venturosos lazos do el interes,
tirano del deseo, barata ajena mano y fe por nombre o
plata, que do conforme gusto, conforme edad, y_ (= both)
_eleccion libre y_ (= and) _mutuo ardor ata los lazos?_
Note that, by poetic license, =ata= agrees in number with
the nearest subject, although it has two.

=220.=--8-11. As this poem was written after the
Spanish-American colonies had revolted against the mother
country, Bello no longer rejoices at the success of
Spanish arms nor grieves over their losses, as he had done
when he wrote _A la victoria de Bailen_.

Perez Bonalde: see note to p. 214.

=222.=--5. The Venezuelan flag is yellow, blue and red
with seven small white stars in the center.

=225.=--=La carcelera=: the words and music of this
song and of the first that follows are taken from the
_Cancionero salmantino_ (Damas