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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... never fail to please us , whatever place we may assign to in the records of poetical genius . " - HALLAM . THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO " LIBRARIES C. AGO , IL . 1 3 . gift of 11S , s . Clyde us . Couper u [ ORIGINAL DEDICATION , 1776 ...
... never fail to please us , whatever place we may assign to in the records of poetical genius . " - HALLAM . THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO " LIBRARIES C. AGO , IL . 1 3 . gift of 11S , s . Clyde us . Couper u [ ORIGINAL DEDICATION , 1776 ...
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... never saw a father's smile - for Simon Vasco Camoëns perished by shipwreck in the very year which * The Camao . Formerly every well - regulated family in Spai retained one of these terrible attendants . The infidelity of its mis tress ...
... never saw a father's smile - for Simon Vasco Camoëns perished by shipwreck in the very year which * The Camao . Formerly every well - regulated family in Spai retained one of these terrible attendants . The infidelity of its mis tress ...
Page xvii
... never to return . As the ship left the Tagus he ex- claimed , in the words of the sepulchral monument of Scipio Africanus , " Ingrata patria , non possidebis ossa mea ! " ( Ungrateful country , thou shalt not possess my bones ! ) But he ...
... never to return . As the ship left the Tagus he ex- claimed , in the words of the sepulchral monument of Scipio Africanus , " Ingrata patria , non possidebis ossa mea ! " ( Ungrateful country , thou shalt not possess my bones ! ) But he ...
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... never was there a fairer field for satire than the rulers of India at that time afforded . Yet , whatever esteem the prudence of Camoëns may lose in our idea , the nobleness of his disposition will doubly gain . And , so conscious was ...
... never was there a fairer field for satire than the rulers of India at that time afforded . Yet , whatever esteem the prudence of Camoëns may lose in our idea , the nobleness of his disposition will doubly gain . And , so conscious was ...
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... company in this homeward voyage , wrote annotations upon the Lusiad , under the eye of its author . But these , unhappily , have never appeared in public . who can perceive no benefit resulting to the public from XX THE LIFE OF CAMOËNS .
... company in this homeward voyage , wrote annotations upon the Lusiad , under the eye of its author . But these , unhappily , have never appeared in public . who can perceive no benefit resulting to the public from XX THE LIFE OF CAMOËNS .
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admiral Æneid Alonzo ancient arms Bacchus bands behold bend Beneath blaze blood boast bold bosom Brahmins brave breast Calicut Camoëns Cape Castera Castile Castilian Ceuta Christian coast conquest coursers cries death divine dread eastern world epic poetry ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fierce fire fleet gale Gama GAMA's gave gen'rous glorious glows gold heaven Henry heroes holy Homer honour horrid horror human India inspir'd island joyful king King of Portugal land Lisbon lord Lusian Lusus Melinda Mombas monarch Moorish Moors Mozambique native Nereids nymphs o'er ocean Pedro pilot poem poet Portrait Portugal Portuguese pride prince proud purple queen race rage reign resounds round sacred sail shade shining ships shore sire skies smiles Spain spear spread storm sword Tagus tempest thee thine thou throne tide toils Trans translator trembling Vasco Viriatus vols voyage warlike waves wild woes zamorim