laureles

Updated: August 8, 2026

And from the iron gratings of the upper Claverias, giving on the roofs, there was generally a voice singing the ancient couplet, no doubt inspired by the Cathedral garden "Las amas de los curas y los laureles Como nunca dan fruto siempre estan verdes." It was this that ended the patience of Don Antolin; this insulting conjecture about himself and his niece that disturbed his miserly chastity.

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez - The Shadow of the Cathedral