Camoens - The Lyrics part 1 - Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)

SONNETS. 29Lay with firm Will, with forceful Breast abateThe insolent Pyrat,till Gedrosia dreadAnd quake the classic Taprobanian shore.Cause of new tincture lend the Arabian StraitSo may the Red Sea front henceforth be red,Reddened with glowing of the Turk-man's gore.VII.No tempo que de Amor viver sofa,(The inconstancies of his youth. Cf. Canz. II. 6 ;VIII. 2).When love, love only, was my daily diet,I fared not always iron'd to oar and chain ;(Nay) tied at times and then untied again,In various flames with "varied Passions' riot.Willed not that single flame my heart disquietThe Heavens, so mote I hard experience gainNo change of cause in lover-care Is fainTo work a changing of my Fortune's fiat.And if awhile I fared fancy-free,JTwas like the wight who rests for breathing sakeTill with more vigour to his tasks turn he.Laud to the Love-god in my misery !Since for his pastime he was pleased takeThis my so weary long-drawn agony.