Note 113 — CHAP. II. HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE POETRY AND ELOQUENCE FROM THE EPOCH OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ITALIAN STYLE, TILL TOWARDS THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
Thomasina Ross translation
An imitation of the Odi profanum vulgus forms also the overture to Ferreira’s odes. His first ode commences thus:—
Fuja daqui o odioso Profano vulgo! Eu canto A brandas Musas, a huns spritos dados Dos Ceos ao novo canto Heroico; &c.