Camoëns
Americannoun
noun
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It was on his way back to Goa that Camoëns suffered shipwreck, and lost all he possessed, except his poem, with which he swam ashore.
From The Book of the Epic by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
Here he is said to have invoked the genius of the epic muse, and tradition has conferred on this retreat the name of the Grotto of Camoëns.
From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Botta, Anne C. Lynch
Sixteen years after his departure from Lisbon, Camoëns returned to his native city, bringing nothing save his completed epic, which, owing to the pestilence then raging in Europe, could be published only in 1572.
From The Book of the Epic by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
The Portuguese are still proud of their only poet Camoëns.
From The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; The Art of Literature by Saunders, T. Bailey (Thomas Bailey)
The author of the Portuguese epic, Luis de Camoëns, was born at Lisbon in 1524.
From The Book of the Epic by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
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