José María Heredia

1803–1839

Cuba, 1803–1839. The first great Romantic poet of the Spanish language in the Americas; his sublime odes to Niagara, the hurricane and the ruins of Cholula gave the New World a Romantic voice. His work is in the public domain.
  • En el Teocalli de Cholula (1820)
  • En una tempestad (1822)
  • A Emilia (1824)
  • A la estrella de Venus (1825)
  • Calma en el mar (1825)
  • Inmortalidad (1825)
  • La melancolía (1825)