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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Page xxii
... heroes . And in a manner suitable to the poverty in which he died was he buried . Soon after , however , many epitaphs honoured his memory ; the greatness of his merit was universally confessed , and his Lusiad was translated into ...
... heroes . And in a manner suitable to the poverty in which he died was he buried . Soon after , however , many epitaphs honoured his memory ; the greatness of his merit was universally confessed , and his Lusiad was translated into ...
Page xxiv
... heroes of antiquity revered and cherished the muse , he thus characterizes the nobility of his own age and country ... hero's fire ; Unheard , in vain their native poet sings , And cold neglect weighs down the muse's wings . " In such an ...
... heroes of antiquity revered and cherished the muse , he thus characterizes the nobility of his own age and country ... hero's fire ; Unheard , in vain their native poet sings , And cold neglect weighs down the muse's wings . " In such an ...
Page xxvi
... heroes are Christians , and the poet heathen . The main design which the Portuguese are supposed to have ( next to promoting their trade ) is to propagate Christianity ; yet Jupiter , Bacchus , and Venus , have in their hands all the ...
... heroes are Christians , and the poet heathen . The main design which the Portuguese are supposed to have ( next to promoting their trade ) is to propagate Christianity ; yet Jupiter , Bacchus , and Venus , have in their hands all the ...
Page xxvii
... heroes , who are never mentioned before , nor afterwards , in the poem . Yet , in every battle we are wearied out with such Gazette - returns of the slain and wounded as- ' Hector Priamides when Zeus him glory gave , Assæus first ...
... heroes , who are never mentioned before , nor afterwards , in the poem . Yet , in every battle we are wearied out with such Gazette - returns of the slain and wounded as- ' Hector Priamides when Zeus him glory gave , Assæus first ...
Page xxviii
... heroes , we have a Priam , an Agamem- non , an Achilles , etc. , armies slaughtered , and a city besieged , In a ... hero hews down , and drives to flight , whole armies with his own sword . Camoëns was the first who wooed the modern ...
... heroes , we have a Priam , an Agamem- non , an Achilles , etc. , armies slaughtered , and a city besieged , In a ... hero hews down , and drives to flight , whole armies with his own sword . Camoëns was the first who wooed the modern ...
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