Page:The Lusiad (Camões, tr. Mickle, 1791), Volume 1.djvu/424

 Withheld their hands, nor gave the seeds of fire To rouse the thunders of the dreadful tire. For G AMA 's soul disdain'd the pride of show Which acts the lion o'er the trembling roe.


 * His joy and wonder oft the Moor exprest,

But rankling hate lay brooding in his breast; With smiles obedient to his will's control, He veils the purpose of his treacherous soul: For pilots, conscious of the Indian strand, Brave V ASCO sues, and bids the Moor command What bounteous gifts shall recompense their toils;— The Moor prevents him with assenting smiles, Resolved that deeds of death, not words of air, Shall first the hatred of his soul declare: Such sudden rage his rankling mind possest, When G AMA 's lips Messiah's name confest. Oh