Note 348 — CHAP. II. HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE POETRY DURING THIS PERIOD.
Thomasina Ross translation
Thus, in the following stanza, where Henry, whose astonishment is to be described, is first compared to a frozen stream; then he is himself called a stream rich in virtues, and finally he is denominated a statue of fire and snow.
Rio, que corre em rapido desvelo Parando ao forte impulso do Austro frio Naõ muda o vago argente em duro gelo, Que só rompe a prisaõ no ardente estio: Como Henrique, que em nobre paralelo He de virtudes caudeloso rio, A hum perigo, a que heroico naõ se atreve, Estatua ali se vio de fogo, e neve.