"Da Lua os claros raios rutilavam..."
— Luís de Camões

January 1, 1970

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Stanza 58 line 1 (as translated by William Julius Mickle). Compare: — As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, Over heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light... — Homer, The Iliad, VIII. 551–555 (tr. Alexander Pope)