Page:The Lusiad (Camões, tr. Mickle, 1791), Volume 1.djvu/470

 O thou, who knowest the ever-pressing weight Of kingly office, and the cares of state! And hear, ye conscious heavens, if G AMA 's heart Forget thy kindness, or from truth depart, The sacred light shall perish from the sun, And rivers to the sea shall cease to run.