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 ix
... lost n those of mutual delight . The hour of parting was , perhaps , the sweetest of our poet's existence . Camoëns removed to Santarem , but speedily returned o Lisbon , was a second time detected , and again driven nto exile . * The ...
... lost n those of mutual delight . The hour of parting was , perhaps , the sweetest of our poet's existence . Camoëns removed to Santarem , but speedily returned o Lisbon , was a second time detected , and again driven nto exile . * The ...
Page xvi
... lost . His mother , however , Anné de Macedo of Santa rem , provided for the education of her son Luis , at the University of Coimbra . What he acquired there his works discover ; an intimacy with the classics , equal to that of a ...
... lost . His mother , however , Anné de Macedo of Santa rem , provided for the education of her son Luis , at the University of Coimbra . What he acquired there his works discover ; an intimacy with the classics , equal to that of a ...
Page xvii
... lost his right eye . Yet neither the hurry of u actual service , nor the dissipation of the camp , could stifle his genius . He continued his Lusiadas ; and several of his most beautiful sonnets were written in Africa , while , as he ...
... lost his right eye . Yet neither the hurry of u actual service , nor the dissipation of the camp , could stifle his genius . He continued his Lusiadas ; and several of his most beautiful sonnets were written in Africa , while , as he ...
Page xviii
... lost in the waves : his poems , which he held in one hand , while he swam with the other , were all he found himself possessed of when he stood friendless on the unknown shore . But the natives gave him a most humane reception ; this he ...
... lost in the waves : his poems , which he held in one hand , while he swam with the other , were all he found himself possessed of when he stood friendless on the unknown shore . But the natives gave him a most humane reception ; this he ...
Page xix
... lost the wealth which satisfied his wishes . Agora da esperança ja adquirida , etc. " Now blest with all the wealth fond hope could crave , Soon I beheld that wealth beneath the wave For ever lost ; - My life like Judah's Heaven - doom ...
... lost the wealth which satisfied his wishes . Agora da esperança ja adquirida , etc. " Now blest with all the wealth fond hope could crave , Soon I beheld that wealth beneath the wave For ever lost ; - My life like Judah's Heaven - doom ...
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