“O piteous lot of man's uncertain state!
What woes on Life's unhappy journey wait!”

Ó grandes e gravíssimos perigos!
Ó caminho de vida nunca certo!
Stanza 105, lines 1–2 (tr. William Julius Mickle)
Epic poetry, Os Lusíadas (1572), Canto I

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Ó grandes e gravíssimos perigos!

Variant: Ó grandes e gravíssimos perigos!
Ó caminho de vida nunca certo!

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Portuguese poet 1524–1580

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