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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 04, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![Parisiana](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqsxpsdnx26pmz6efnfffjc2/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260915%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260915T194700Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=c25dceef50b56da17e9b44ce880180e3e2c44c5f87d22a877cb653ae067f7779) ## About this work Parisiana by Rubén Darío — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside Libro I Figuras reales He visto pasar á una anciana vestida de negro, cuya existencia representa una de las terribles lecciones de Dios. Es la “re renante” del poema de Robert de Montesquieu...; es el espectro doloroso de una soberana; es Eugenia de Guzmán, Fernández, la Cerda, Leira, Teba, Baños y Mora, condesa de Montijo, un tiempo emperatriz de los franceses. Clavel de Granada, rosa de Madrid, lis de París, después de una horrenda tempestad de sangre y duelos, he ahí en lo que ha venido á parar: en una triste vieja enlutada, llena de amargura y desdeñada de la muerte. Un día se presenta á visitar en su obscuro incógnito, este ó aquel palacio, ó museo ó biblioteca, y el canoso guardián comienza á explicar: “Una vez el emperador...” Y la dama, levantando su velo: “Jean, ¿me conoces?...” “¡Ah! ¡Majestad!...” Sí; es la española garbosa y linda, la rosa-reina pintada por el pincel adulador de Winterhalter, entre vivas rosas; la orgullosa diadema de las Tullerías, que vivió un tiempo en cuentos de hadas y en decamerones imperiales, que se creyó dueña del mundo, que pasó en placer y soberbia como en un sueño, y despertó á los cañonazos alemanes, en la hora lívida de la derrota, y que mientras su marido entregaba la espada al primo de Berlín, ella huía al otro lado de la Mancha, amparada por un dentista yanki... ¡La pobre María Antonieta, más trágica, no pudo salvar su cándido pescuezo de cisne austriaco! La suerte fué dura, áspera y dura, con Eugenia de Montijo. Todos sabéis que su única esperanza, su consuelo único, era el príncipe imperial. 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