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Legends, Tales and Poems by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer
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The meek Redeemer bow'd His head to death--
Was formed of Aspen wood; and since that hour
Through all its race the pale tree hath sent down
A thrilling consciousness, a secret awe
Making them tremulous, when not a breeze
Disturbs the airy Thistle-down, or shakes
The light lines from the shining gossamer."

Richard Folkard, _Plant Lore_, London, 1892, p. 503.]

Las cuencas del Moncayo[1] repitieron de eco en eco el bramido de las
trompas, el latir de la jauría desencadenada y las voces de los pajes
resonaron con nueva furia, y el confuso tropel de hombres, caballos y
perros se dirigió al punto que Iñigo, el montero mayor de los
marqueses de Almenar,[2] señalara,[3] como el más á propósito para
cortarle el paso á la res.

[Footnote 1: El Moncayo. See p. 8, note 1.]

[Footnote 2: Marqueses de Almenar. A title taken doubtless from the
little town of Almenar (650 inhabitants) situated in the province of
Soria near the right bank of the Rituerto river, southwest of the
Moncayo, and not far from that mountain.]

[Footnote 3: señalara. A relic of the Latin pluperfect (in _-aram_,
_-eram_), popularly confounded with the imperfect subjunctive. Its
use is now somewhat archaic, and is restricted to relative clauses.
See Ramsey's _Spanish Grammar_, H. Holt & Co., 1902, § 944.]

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