The Lusiads, Tr. Into Engl. Verse by J.j. Aubertin - Softcover

9780217090551: The Lusiads, Tr. Into Engl. Verse by J.j. Aubertin
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1878. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... VIII. 'Lá onde mais debaixo está do polo. Os montes Hyperboreos apparecem, E aquelles, onde sempre sopra Eolo, E co'o nome dos sôpros se ennobrecem: Aqui tão pouca força tem de Apollo Os raios, que no mundo resplandecem, Que a neve está contino pelos montes, Gelado o mar, geladas sempre as fontes. 'Aqui dos Scythas grande quantidade Vivem, que antiguamente grande guerra Tiveram sobre a humana antiguidade Co'os, que tinham então a Egypcia terra: Mas quem tão fora estava da verdade, (Já que o juizo humano tanto erra) Para que do mais certo se informara, Ao campo Damasceno o perguntara. x. 'Agora nestas partes se nomea A Lappia fria, a inculta Noroega, Escandinavia ilha, que se arrea Das victorias, que Italia não lhe nega: Aqui, em quanto as aguas não refrea O congelado inverno, se navega Hum braço do Sarmatico Oceano Pelo Brusio, Suecio, e frio Dano. XI. 'Entre este mar, e o Tanais vive estranha Gente, Ruthenos, Moscos, e Livonios, Sarmatas outro tempo, e na montanha Hircinia os Marcomanos são Polonios. Sujeitos ao imperio de Alemanha São Saxones, Bohemios, e Pannonios, E outras varias nações, que o Rheno frio Lava, e o Danubio, Amasis, e Albis rio. VIII. 'There, where it all lies more the pole below, The Hyperborean mountains ranged appear, And those where Eolus doth always blow, And from the name of winds their titles wear; Here such small force Apollo's rays can show, Which other parts of earth with brightness cheer, That snow perpetual on the mountains gleams, With frozen sea and ever frozen streams. IX. 'Of Scythians here great numbers live to-day, Who anciently took mighty war in hand, To prove none were so old a race as they, With those who then possessed Egyptian land: But, see...

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  • PublisherGeneral Books LLC
  • Publication date2012
  • ISBN 10 0217090559
  • ISBN 13 9780217090551
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages96

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