English poem
Thou Guard divine, who dost with Angels dwell
by Luís de Camões (1524–1580)
“Thou Guard divine, who dost with Angels dwell, And of the Starry Pole hast seigniory; Thou who didst bring Thy people Israèl Through the burst waters of the blushing sea: If from more risks than what t’ Æneas fell Or Ithican Ulysses sav’edst thou me, Passing Apollo’s largely bounded path Through rage of Æolus and Tethys’ wrath.”
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- There did we promise, if His mercy deign 1
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- Velasquez dies with Sanches de Toledo, 1
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- What boots recounting feats and gestes notorious 1
- With sim’ilar labours, Gestes so great, so new 1