Note 591 — PART THE THIRD.
Reading edition
There is a similar passage, in Mickle's "Lusiad," so full of beauty, that we cannot refrain from inserting it:—
The moon, full orb'd, forsakes her watery cave, And lifts her lovely head above the wave; The snowy splendours of her modest ray Stream o'er the liquid wave, and glittering play; The masts' tall shadows tremble in the deep; The peaceful winds a holy silence keep; The watchman's carol, echoed from the prows, Alone, at times, disturbs the calm repose