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... command your sacred spring Euphonious as the fount of Helicon May flow . Let my bold verse , with vehemence , Sonorous swell ; not like the shepherd's lay , But like war's trumpet's soul - enkindling note , The Hero's breast inflaming ...
... command your sacred spring Euphonious as the fount of Helicon May flow . Let my bold verse , with vehemence , Sonorous swell ; not like the shepherd's lay , But like war's trumpet's soul - enkindling note , The Hero's breast inflaming ...
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... command , By graceful Mercury , ( from Atlas sprung , ) Together o'er the bright Lacteal path 16 They tread the pavement crystalline of heav'n . The seven bright Spheres deserting , which they rule By delegated pow'r from Jove supreme ...
... command , By graceful Mercury , ( from Atlas sprung , ) Together o'er the bright Lacteal path 16 They tread the pavement crystalline of heav'n . The seven bright Spheres deserting , which they rule By delegated pow'r from Jove supreme ...
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... command We seek the Orient - lands by Indus bath'd ; For him we traverse mighty seas , till now Plough'd only by the monsters of the deep . But now , just it appears , that we should ask , ( If sacred truth by you should be rever'd ...
... command We seek the Orient - lands by Indus bath'd ; For him we traverse mighty seas , till now Plough'd only by the monsters of the deep . But now , just it appears , that we should ask , ( If sacred truth by you should be rever'd ...
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... speed ; -more to inflame The rage now rankling in the Moorish breast ; For he more surely may command success Who the propitious moment aptly grasps . " Thus he express'd himself with madd'ning rage , And lit CANTO I. 27 THE LUSIAD .
... speed ; -more to inflame The rage now rankling in the Moorish breast ; For he more surely may command success Who the propitious moment aptly grasps . " Thus he express'd himself with madd'ning rage , And lit CANTO I. 27 THE LUSIAD .
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... command remain , Without resistance and without defence . But grievously the Moors sustain their loss , And deadlier hatred now their breasts inflame , These bitter injuries still to avenge : No flatt'ring hope , save in a second plot ...
... command remain , Without resistance and without defence . But grievously the Moors sustain their loss , And deadlier hatred now their breasts inflame , These bitter injuries still to avenge : No flatt'ring hope , save in a second plot ...
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achiev'd address'd Æneid alluded Alphonso ancient appear'd ardent Armada arms Bacchus Barros behold bold brave bravery breast Calicut Camoens Canto Castile Castilian Catual Ceuta Chief Christian coast command death deeds deep Don John Don Pedro e'en e'er ev'ry fair faithful fam'd fame Faria y Sousa fate fear feats fierce fix'd Fleet force gain'd gainst gallant gen'rous glorious glory Goddess grace hast Heav'n Hero heroic hostile Iberia illustrious India inspir'd Isle King king of Portugal knights land lofty Lusian Lusitanian martial Meroë mighty Monarch Moorish Moors Mozambique native ne'er noble NOTE numbers Nymphs o'er oppos'd Ormuz Ovid pass'd passage Paulo da Gama perils poem poet Portugal Portugueze pow'r prepar'd Prince race rage rais'd reach'd receiv'd sacred Samorim Saracens seem'd shalt shore splendid stream subdued sword Tagus thee thence Thetis thou throne tow'rds valiant valor various Vasco da Gama victory Virg Viriatus warlike waves zeal
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