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

SONNETS. 33An hold my humble verse a verve so strongThat to my heart-felt Hope respond my Art,You shall supply me theme of special Glory ;And sung in long-drawn and in saddest song,If you were slain by hand of cruel Mart,You shall immortal live in mortal story.XIII.jardim adornado de verdura,(To Violante, the Violet, fair and pure).Into a garden verdure-deckt and dight,Where varied flowers amelled floors of green,One day came pacing Love's own goddess-queenWith the Hunt-goddess whom the groves delight.Diana straightway pluckt a Rose pure-white,Venus a Lily of the reddest sheen ;But far exceeding a' the lave were seenThe Violets clad in loveliness and light.Both ask of Cupid, who stood nigh in stead,Which of those flowrets three he fainest takeFor suavest, purest, which the loveliest shows.Then the Boy, slily smiling, this wise said,"They all be beauties, natheless I makeViola anteceding Lily, much more Rose I"Lyricks