The Lusiad, Or, The Discovery of India: An Epic Poem, Translated from the Portuguese of Luis de Camoëns, with a Life of the PoetThis poem, written in Homeric style, focuses on a fantastical interpretation of the Portuguese voyages of discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries. |
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... , which it encircled and laved . Thus rendered by Fanshaw- Neptune disclos'd new isles which he did play About , and with his billows danc't the hay . حمود But GAMA ( captain of the vent'rous band , BOOK 1. ] 13 THE LUSIAD .
... , which it encircled and laved . Thus rendered by Fanshaw- Neptune disclos'd new isles which he did play About , and with his billows danc't the hay . حمود But GAMA ( captain of the vent'rous band , BOOK 1. ] 13 THE LUSIAD .
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... band , Of bold emprize , and born for high command , Whose martial fires , with prudence close allied , Ensur'd the smiles of fortune on his side ) Bears off those shores which waste and wild appear'd , And eastward still for happier ...
... band , Of bold emprize , and born for high command , Whose martial fires , with prudence close allied , Ensur'd the smiles of fortune on his side ) Bears off those shores which waste and wild appear'd , And eastward still for happier ...
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... bands withdrew . O'erpower'd with joy unhop'd the sailors stood , To find such kindness on a shore so rude . Now shooting o'er the flood his fervid blaze , The red - brow'd sun withdraws his beamy rays ; Safe in the bay the crew forget ...
... bands withdrew . O'erpower'd with joy unhop'd the sailors stood , To find such kindness on a shore so rude . Now shooting o'er the flood his fervid blaze , The red - brow'd sun withdraws his beamy rays ; Safe in the bay the crew forget ...
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... bands , withdrew ; His nimble barges soon approach'd the land , And shouts of joy receiv'd him on the strand . From heaven's high dome the vintage - god1 beheld ( Whom nine long months his father's thigh conceal'd ) ; 3 Well pleas'd he ...
... bands , withdrew ; His nimble barges soon approach'd the land , And shouts of joy receiv'd him on the strand . From heaven's high dome the vintage - god1 beheld ( Whom nine long months his father's thigh conceal'd ) ; 3 Well pleas'd he ...
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... band , And , in close ambush , take thy silent stand ; There wait , and sudden on the heedless foe Rush , and destroy them ere they dread the blow . Or say , should some escape the secret snare , Saved by their fate , their valour , or ...
... band , And , in close ambush , take thy silent stand ; There wait , and sudden on the heedless foe Rush , and destroy them ere they dread the blow . Or say , should some escape the secret snare , Saved by their fate , their valour , or ...
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