English poem
Canto IV. (Stanza 49: varia lectio)
by Luís de Camões (1524–1580)
Pond’ering such mighty deeds of derring-do Prophetick Proteus thus to Neptune cried:— “I fear shall spring such Braves from Braves like these Who the great sceptre of thy Reigns shall seize!”
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- And eke, that credit these my words befall
- And, Emperors! you that held and had command
- Bastardos são tambem Homero e Orpheo
- Between this Ocean, and the waters shed
- Dolour of fell Dislove hath no respect
- E’en as the noble Youth of Roman strain
- Guevara roncador, que o rosto untava
- He o Duque Dom Gemes, derivado