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A Uruguayan poet; born at Montevideo, in 1791; died there, Oct. 6, 1862. His works are, in the best sense, a classic in Spanish-American literature, owing to the perfection of his verse in the collection styled "Poetic Mosaic", which comprises odes, satires, epigrams, heroic poems, and even Biblical hymns and psalms. In most respects flawless as metrical compositions, these pieces have been criticized as wanting in the ardor usually associated with the southern temperament. A diary in verse, called "The Siege of Montevideo", contains many fine passages.

A Uruguayan poet; born in Montevideo, 1791; died there, Oct. 6, 1862. A civil-service post afforded him leisure to prepare his "Poetic Mosaic" (1857), a verse collection, and his more notable "Paraphrases of the Psalms", and "The Toraidas", a series of Paraguayan notes. He has been assigned a high rank by competent European critics; lofty inspiration and sonorous diction being his characteristics, exemplified in the "National Hymn of Uruguay".