History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Vol 2 of 2)

Note 124 — 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

As in the following lines:—

Apareça a Rezaõ fermosos e bella, Criada em nossos peitos! Ah, que amores Nos nasceram tam vivos logo dellos! Cairan os perigos e os temores, O campo livre, o ceo claro e sereno Veremos sem trabalhos e sem dores. Livr. I. Carta 7.

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