The Lusiad of Camoens Translated Into English Spencerian Verse
The Lusiad of Camoens Translated Into English Spencerian Verse
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" XLIX.
"The horrid monster would no doubt have spoken Much more of destiny and deadly harm, Had I not interrupted him, and silence broken: "What then art thou? Whose huge unwieldy form And hideous aspect fill me with alarm!" But twisting back his ghastly mouth and eyes, He shouts more loudly than the wintry storm, And in lugubrious, bitter, terms replies, Like one whose tortured mind my question sorely tries: L, "I am the hidden, great, tremendous Cape, Which, by your race the "Stormy Cape" wa...s named, And my existence did search escape Of Pliny, Strabo, Ptolemy, with famed Pomponius Mela, all who knowledge claimed : The coast of Africa, by this indented, Where I lord paramount have been proclaimed, My rule to that Antarctic Pole extended, Which your audacity so greatly hath offended.
13 194 THE LUSIAD.
LI, "Like huge Enceladus, a son of earth, 2Egean, Centimanus in the old world, I was called Adamastor from my birth: In deadly war our banners were unfurled Against the mighty Jove, whose fury -hurled The thunder-bolts of Vulcan ; but I brought No mountains upon mountains, for I whirled My might as Captain of the sea, and sought Through Ocean's bounds to bring great Neptune's fleet to naught, LIT, .
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" XLIX.
"The horrid monster would no doubt have spoken Much more of destiny and deadly harm, Had I not interrupted him, and silence broken: "What then art thou? Whose huge unwieldy form And hideous aspect fill me with alarm!" But twisting back his ghastly mouth and eyes, He shouts more loudly than the wintry storm, And in lugubrious, bitter, terms replies, Like one whose tortured mind my question sorely tries: L, "I am the hidden, great, tremendous Cape, Which, by your race the "Stormy Cape" wa...s named, And my existence did search escape Of Pliny, Strabo, Ptolemy, with famed Pomponius Mela, all who knowledge claimed : The coast of Africa, by this indented, Where I lord paramount have been proclaimed, My rule to that Antarctic Pole extended, Which your audacity so greatly hath offended.
13 194 THE LUSIAD.
LI, "Like huge Enceladus, a son of earth, 2Egean, Centimanus in the old world, I was called Adamastor from my birth: In deadly war our banners were unfurled Against the mighty Jove, whose fury -hurled The thunder-bolts of Vulcan ; but I brought No mountains upon mountains, for I whirled My might as Captain of the sea, and sought Through Ocean's bounds to bring great Neptune's fleet to naught, LIT, .
What to read after The Lusiad of Camoens Translated Into English Spencerian Verse?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Lus De Cames to read onlineMoreLess
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