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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... Proud of her victor's laws thrice happier India smiled . " In former ages , and within these few years , the fertile empire f India has exhibited every scene of human misery , under the ndistinguishing ravages of their Mohammedan and ...
... Proud of her victor's laws thrice happier India smiled . " In former ages , and within these few years , the fertile empire f India has exhibited every scene of human misery , under the ndistinguishing ravages of their Mohammedan and ...
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... ( Proud monarch ) shines o'er all of naval fame : ... Castro the bold , in arms a peerless knight , And stern Pacheco , dreadful in the fight : The two Almeydas , names for ever dear , By Tago's nymphs embalm'd with many a tear ; Ah ...
... ( Proud monarch ) shines o'er all of naval fame : ... Castro the bold , in arms a peerless knight , And stern Pacheco , dreadful in the fight : The two Almeydas , names for ever dear , By Tago's nymphs embalm'd with many a tear ; Ah ...
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... proud standards , rear'd in other skies , And all their conquests meet thy wond'ring eyes . 2 Now , far from land , o'er Neptune's dread abode The Lusitanian fleet triumphant rode ; Onward they traced the wide and lonesome main , Where ...
... proud standards , rear'd in other skies , And all their conquests meet thy wond'ring eyes . 2 Now , far from land , o'er Neptune's dread abode The Lusitanian fleet triumphant rode ; Onward they traced the wide and lonesome main , Where ...
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... fame Of that bold race which boasts of Lusus ' name ; That bold advent'rous race , the Fates declare , A potent empire in the East shall rear , . Surpassing Babel's or the Persian fame Proud Grecia's boast 8 [ BOOK L THE LUSIAD .
... fame Of that bold race which boasts of Lusus ' name ; That bold advent'rous race , the Fates declare , A potent empire in the East shall rear , . Surpassing Babel's or the Persian fame Proud Grecia's boast 8 [ BOOK L THE LUSIAD .
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... Proud Grecia's boast , or Rome's illustrious name . Oft from these brilliant seats have you beheld The sons of Lusus on the dusty field , Though few , triumphant o'er the num'rous Moors , Till , from the beauteous lawns on Tagus ...
... Proud Grecia's boast , or Rome's illustrious name . Oft from these brilliant seats have you beheld The sons of Lusus on the dusty field , Though few , triumphant o'er the num'rous Moors , Till , from the beauteous lawns on Tagus ...
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