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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 108, by LUIS DE CAMOENS Poet's Biography
First Line: Fair tajo! Thou whose calmly-flowing tide
Last Line: And blend my tears with other waves than thine!
Alternate Author Name(s): Camoes, Luis De; Camoens, Luiz Vaz De
Subject(s): Streams; Farewell
First Line: Fair tajo! Thou whose calmly-flowing tide
Last Line: And blend my tears with other waves than thine!
Alternate Author Name(s): Camoes, Luis De; Camoens, Luiz Vaz De
Subject(s): Streams; Farewell
FAIR Tajo! thou whose calmly-flowing tide
Bathes the fresh verdure of these lovely plains,
Enlivening all where'er thy waves may glide,
Flowers, herbage, flocks, and sylvan nymphs and swains.
Sweet stream! I know not when my steps again
Shall tread thy shores; and while to part I mourn,
I have no hope to meliorate my pain,
No dream that whispers -- I may yet return!
My frowning destiny, whose watchful care
Forbids me blessings, and ordains despair,
Commands me thus to leave thee, and repine:
And I must vainly mourn the scenes I fly,
And breathe on other gales my plaintive sigh,
And blend my tears with other waves than thine!
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