FRANCISCO DE FIGUEROA
\fɹansˈɪskə͡ʊ də fˈiːɡəɹˈə͡ʊə], \fɹansˈɪskəʊ də fˈiːɡəɹˈəʊə], \f_ɹ_a_n_s_ˈɪ_s_k_əʊ d_ə f_ˈiː_ɡ_ə_ɹ_ˈəʊ_ə]\
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A Spanish poet (1540?-1620?). He was called by his contemporaries "the Divine Figueroa", and at Rome he won the poet's crown. He wrote verse with equal facility and elegance in Castilian and Italian. When dying he burned all his verses; but they were published-including the celebrated volume of eclogues in blank verse, the "Tirsi"-from copies in the hands of his friends.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.