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The Lusiad

Note 428 — BOOK VI.

William Julius Mickle translation

Yet something more than human warms my breast, And sudden whispers—

In the Portuguese—

Mas, se a verdade o espirito me adevinha.

Literally, "But, if my spirit truly divine." Thus rendered by Fanshaw—

But, in my aug'ring ear a bird doth sing.

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