History & Politics
Translation of the Two First Stanzas of the Song 'Rio Verde, Rio Verde'
Translated by Samuel Johnson · From Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett (1855)
History & Politics
Glassy water, glassy water,
Down whose current, clear and strong,
Chiefs confused in mutual slaughter,
Moor and Christian, roll along.
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Johnson, Samuel. “Translation of the Two First Stanzas of the Song 'Rio Verde, Rio Verde'.” Translated by Samuel Johnson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/johnson_samuel/28/.
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Johnson, Samuel. “Translation of the Two First Stanzas of the Song 'Rio Verde, Rio Verde'.” Translated by Samuel Johnson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/johnson_samuel/28/.
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