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

Note 323 — CHAP. III. HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE POETRY AND ELOQUENCE, FROM THE LATTER YEARS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY UNTIL TOWARDS THE CLOSE OF THE SEVENTEENTH.

Thomasina Ross translation

The following is a stanza of one of his patriotic odes:—

Suspendese confuso o Castelhano De ver de Portugal o brio ouzado, E guarnecendo a praça, troca ufana O trofeo em cuidado; Retirarse procura, Porem o Luzo altivo A batalha o provoca vingativo; A hum monte se encomenda cautelozo; Azas o Luzo veste bellicozo, Hum comete feroz, outro reziste, Este se anima, aquelle cahe por terra, Tudo he mal, tudo he pena, tudo he guerra, Que neste duro empenho de Mavorte Reina a ira, arde o fogo, impéra a morte.

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