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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... thou shalt not even possess my bones . " " Some , " says Lord Strangford , " attribute his departure t a very different cause , and assert that he quitted his nativ shores on account of an intrigue in which he was detecte with the ...
... thou shalt not even possess my bones . " " Some , " says Lord Strangford , " attribute his departure t a very different cause , and assert that he quitted his nativ shores on account of an intrigue in which he was detecte with the ...
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... thou shalt not possess my bones ! ) But he knew not , what evils in the East would awaken the remembrance of his native fields . When Camoëns arrived in India , an expedition was ready to sail to revenge the King of Cochin on the King ...
... thou shalt not possess my bones ! ) But he knew not , what evils in the East would awaken the remembrance of his native fields . When Camoëns arrived in India , an expedition was ready to sail to revenge the King of Cochin on the King ...
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... thou who deliveredst Paul and defendest him from quicksands and wild waves- Das scyrtes arenosas e ondas feas— ” is omitted . However excellent in the original , the prayer in English would lose both its dignity and ardour . Nor let the ...
... thou who deliveredst Paul and defendest him from quicksands and wild waves- Das scyrtes arenosas e ondas feas— ” is omitted . However excellent in the original , the prayer in English would lose both its dignity and ardour . Nor let the ...
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... thou , 1 O born the pledge of happier days , To guard our freedom and our glories raise , 1 King Sebastian , who came to the throne in his minority . Though the warm imagination of Camoëns anticipated the praises of the future hero ...
... thou , 1 O born the pledge of happier days , To guard our freedom and our glories raise , 1 King Sebastian , who came to the throne in his minority . Though the warm imagination of Camoëns anticipated the praises of the future hero ...
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... Thou blooming scion of the noblest stem , Our nation's safety , and our age's gem , O young Sebastian , hasten to the prime Of manly youth , to Fame's high temple climb : Yet now attentive hear the Muse's lay While thy green years to ...
... Thou blooming scion of the noblest stem , Our nation's safety , and our age's gem , O young Sebastian , hasten to the prime Of manly youth , to Fame's high temple climb : Yet now attentive hear the Muse's lay While thy green years to ...
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