Os Lusiadas V1 Quotes

“And Thou! O goodly omen'd trust, all-dear
to Lusitania's olden liberty,
whereon assured esperance we rear
enforced to see our frail Christianity :
Thou, O new terror to the Moorish spear,
the fated marvel of our century,
to govern worlds of men by God so given,
that the world's best be given to God and Heaven”
― Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusiadas V1: The Lusiads

“Nor shall they silent in my song remain,
they who in regions there where Dawns arise,
by Acts of Arms such glories toil'd to gain,
where thine unvanquisht flag for ever flies,
Pacheco, brave of braves; th' Almeidas twain,
whom Tagus mourns with ever-weeping eyes ;
dread Albuquerque, Castro stark and brave,
with more, the victors of the very grave.”
― Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusiadas V1: The Lusiads