Epic poem · 1776

The Lusiad; or, The Discovery of India

Os Lusíadas

by Luís de Camões

Translated by William Julius Mickle (1776), rev. E. Richmond Hodges (1877)

Camões's national epic of Vasco da Gama's voyage to India and the story of Portugal, in ten books, rendered into English heroic couplets by William Julius Mickle.

Contents · 10 parts

• Book Iabout 820 lines
• Book IIabout 850 lines
• Book IIIabout 1170 lines
• Book IVabout 820 lines
• Book Vabout 840 lines
• Book VIabout 770 lines
• Book VIIabout 750 lines
• Book VIIIabout 710 lines
• Book IXabout 1120 lines
• Book Xabout 1140 lines

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