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

SONNETS. 37I live on memory-fare, and die forgotBy her whose memory should have held me fast,Had she remembered state of such ContentO that return to birth had been my lot !Well had I learnt to enjoy my happy Past,If known what illsthe Present can present.XIX.Alma minha genii!, quete p artiste(On the death of his lover: the chef d'reuvre).My gentle Spirit !them who didst departThis life of Miscontent so sudden tane ;Rest there eternal in the heavenly Reign,Live I pent here to play sad mortal part.If in that happy Home, where throned thou art,Consent to memories of the Past they deign.Forget not thou my love, whose ardent strainThou sawst in purest glance that spake my heart.And ifsuch love gain aught of grace fro' thee,If aught avail this woe wherewith I pine,This pining woe that knows no remedy ;Pray Him who shorted those few years of thine,So soon He bear me hence thy sight to seeAs soon He bore thee fro 5my sorrowing eyne.