In Mickle's (1776) translation: "But ah, how soon the blaze of glory dies!/Illustrious John ascends his native skies./His gallant offspring prove their genuine strain/And added lands increase the Lusian reign." The Lusiad, or the discovery of India, an epic poem. For alternative English translations, see R.F. Burton (trans.), 1880, The Lusiads4.50, and J.J. Aubertin (trans.) 1878-84, The Lusiads of Camoens4.50
