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Wednesday 22 March 2017

The Lusiad (extract from Book V: Madeira) - Luís Vas de Camões

Nam'd from her woods, with fragrant bowers adorn'd,
From fair Madeira's purple coast we turn'd:
Cyprus and Paphos' vales the smiling loves
Might leave with joy for fair Madeira's groves;
A shore so flow'ry, and so sweet an air,
Venus might build her dearest temple there.
Luís Vas de Camões (1524 - 1580) Portugal
Translated by William Julius Mickle
Source: The Lusiad, by Luís de Camões, George Bell & Sons, 1877 [Project Gutenberg]
This section deals with the island of Madeira, p. 134
Posted by Bruce-the-Sheep at 09:51

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous22 March 2017 at 23:09

    missed you

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  2. Bruce-the-Sheep23 March 2017 at 11:34

    Thanks Martin... was away on holiday in Madeira (hence this poem)!

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