Feeling next to death commanded to destroy all his poems, which kept no order; but the father Fernandez de Rojas met them and published in 1796, two years after the death of its author, preceded by an affectionate biographical news, in which ponders both the man and the poet. Published in Madrid with the title of poems of M.F. Diego Gonzalez, of the order of Saint Augustine. Gives them light a friend of theirs. In the desire to destroy his work, apart from its singular modesty, erotic could move to Fray Diego tone almost exclusively of his verses, trait that can be surprising given their status as religious. The erotic tone reaches remarkable expressiveness on certain occasions, as in the dreams of a dedicated song to Melisa, or description of Lisi in the beautiful romance entitled A Lisi, Malaga. The erotic tone, besides these two compositions, inspires the eclogue Delio and Mirta, songs visions of Delium, the triumph of Manzanares, transformed and those dreamed of pastor Delio Cadiz, lays A Mirta absent, etc. The history of Delium, sent to Jovellanos, describes the passion for his two beloved; insidious bat invective, that had a great diffusion in his time is directed against which came one night in room Mirta causing your fear, while it was occupied in writing a love song to the own Delio.
Other female muses inspired him the scornful A Vecinta song, the anacreonticas in the days of Lisi, Lisi burn, burn Lisi finger, and the aforementioned romance a. Lisi, Malaga. Melisa and Mirta compositions have the constant echo of the poetry of Garcilaso, the Magisterium of Fray Luis de Leon, certainly more effective than the toledano, however, manifests itself in his few religious compositions. Fray Diego completed the exposition of the book of Job in manner that belies not the first, he translated the hymns Te Deum and Veni, Creator, and the Magnificat song. But the best work of Fray Diego is his love poetry. And as the poet said: as to give Delio postrimera life / came out bedding Lisi. / Oh Muse if you saw it!. Francisco Arias Solis freedom do not those who do not have their thirst.