The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India. An Epic Poem, Volume 2Graisberry and Campbell, 1791 - Explorers |
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... face : O mighty king , he cries , at thy b command The martial ftory of my native land I tell ; but more my doubtful heart had joy'd Had other wars my praifeful lips employ'd . When men the honours of their race commend , The doubts of ...
... face : O mighty king , he cries , at thy b command The martial ftory of my native land I tell ; but more my doubtful heart had joy'd Had other wars my praifeful lips employ'd . When men the honours of their race commend , The doubts of ...
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... face ; and which however rude , was infinitely prefera- ble to that languid , and fickly female countenance , which it had lately worn . Even the ideas of civil liberty were loft . But the rights of mankind were claimed , however rude ...
... face ; and which however rude , was infinitely prefera- ble to that languid , and fickly female countenance , which it had lately worn . Even the ideas of civil liberty were loft . But the rights of mankind were claimed , however rude ...
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... face deep - fettled grief appears , And her mild eyes are bathed in glistening tears ; Her • When dreadful Attila- -A king of the Huns , furnamed , the Scourge of God . He lived in the fifth century . He may be reckoned among the ...
... face deep - fettled grief appears , And her mild eyes are bathed in glistening tears ; Her • When dreadful Attila- -A king of the Huns , furnamed , the Scourge of God . He lived in the fifth century . He may be reckoned among the ...
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... face fo fair , Moved the stern monarch ; when with eager zeal Her fierce deftroyers urged the public weal ; Dread rage again the tyrant's foul poffest , And his dark brow his cruel thoughts confeft : O'er her fair face a fudden paleness ...
... face fo fair , Moved the stern monarch ; when with eager zeal Her fierce deftroyers urged the public weal ; Dread rage again the tyrant's foul poffest , And his dark brow his cruel thoughts confeft : O'er her fair face a fudden paleness ...
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... face where all the grâces reign'd , Whose charms fo long the gallant prince inflamed , That her pale corfe was Lifboa's queen proclaimed ; That snowy neck was stained with spouting gore , Another fword her lovely bofom tore . The ...
... face where all the grâces reign'd , Whose charms fo long the gallant prince inflamed , That her pale corfe was Lifboa's queen proclaimed ; That snowy neck was stained with spouting gore , Another fword her lovely bofom tore . The ...
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Æneid againſt alfo almoſt Alonzo alſo ancient arms behold Beneath blaze boaſt bofom bold Brahma Brahmins brave breaſt Caftile Camöens Ceuta Chineſe Chriftians dæmon defcription defire diſplay divine dread eaſt eaſtern eſteemed eyes fable facred faid fame Faria fate fays feems fent feven fhades fhall fhining fhore fierce filver fire firft firſt flain fleet fmiles fome foon foul ftill ftream fubject fuch fwelling fword Gama Gentoos glorious greateſt heaven heroes himſelf hiſtory Holwell holy Homer honour India inſpired iſland king king of Portugal laſt loft Lufian Lufus moft monarch Moorish Moors moſt muſt nymphs o'er obferved paffion philofophers poem poet Portugal Portugueſe prefent prince proud rage rife rofe ſays ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhould ſkies ſky ſpirit ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill Tagus tempeft thee thefe themſelves theſe thoſe thou thouſand toils tranflation trembling Virgil warlike waves whofe whoſe
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Page 98 - Through howling tempefts, and through gulphs untry'd, " O ! mighty God ! be thou our watchful guide.
Page 51 - If prowling tygers, or the wolf's wild brood, Inspired by nature with the lust of blood, Have yet been moved the weeping babe to spare, Nor left, but tended with a nurse's care, As Rome's great founders to the world were given ; Shalt thou, who...
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Page 49 - Each echo sighed thy princely lover's name. Nor less could absence from thy prince remove The dear remembrance of his distant love : Thy looks, thy smiles, before him ever glow, And o'er his melting heart endearing flow ; By night his slumbers bring...
Page 396 - Each fragrant herb her sweetest scent exhales ; The hyacinth bewrays the doleful Ai, And calls the tribute of Apollo's sigh ; Still on its bloom the mournful flower retains The lovely blue that dyed the stripling's veins.
Page 236 - Whofe name fhall live till earth and time expire, His wonder fixt ; and more than human glow'd The hero's look ; his robes of Grecian mode ; A bough, his...
Page 125 - An earthly paleness o'er his cheeks was spread, Erect uprose his hairs of wither'd red ; .Writhing to speak, his sable lips disclose, Sharp and disjoin'd, his gnashing teeth's blue rows ; His haggard beard flow'd quivering on the wind, Revenge and horror in his mien combined...
Page 437 - Though winds and feas their wonted aid deny, To yield he knows not, but he knows to die : Another thunder tears his manly breaft : Oh fly, bleft fpirit, to thy heavenly reft Hark, rolling on the groaning ftorm I hear, Refiftlefs...
Page 396 - ... o'er the lily's milk-white bosom glows ; Fresh in the dew far o'er the painted dales, Each fragrant herb her sweetest scent exhales...
Page 220 - Poleas the labouring lower clans are named; By the proud Nayres the noble rank is claimed...