“Sail forth into the sea of life,
O gentle, loving, trusting wife,
And safe from all adversity
Upon the bosom of that sea
Thy comings and thy goings be!
For gentleness and love and trust
Prevail o'er angry wave and gust;
And in the wreck of noble lives
Something immortal still survives.”
Source: The Building of the Ship (1849), Line 368.
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“And in the wreck of noble lives
Something immortal still survives.”
Source: The Building of the Ship (1849), Lines 375-376.

Bk. II, No. 2, A Passer-By http://www.bartleby.com/101/835.html, st. 1 (1879).
Shorter Poems (1879-1893)

“Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines.”
"Hymn in the Vale of Chamouni" (1802)

“Admire the world. Relish the love of a gentle woman. Trust in the lord.”
The Wapshot Chronicle (1957)

(anonymous translation)
Meek spirit, who so early didst depart,
Thou art at rest in Heaven! I linger here,
And feed the lonely anguish of my heart;
Thinking of all that made existence dear.
(tr. Robert Southey)
My gentle spirit! thou who hast departed
So early, of this life in discontent,
Rest thou there ever, in Heaven's firmament,
While I live here on earth all broken-hearted.
tr. John James Aubertin, in Seventy Sonnets of Camoens (1881), p. 17
Dear gentle soul, you that departed
this life so soon and reluctantly,
rest in heaven eternally
while I remain here, broken-hearted.
tr. Langed White, in The Collected Lyric Poems of Luis de Camoes (2016), p. 357
Lyric poetry, Não pode tirar-me as esperanças, Alma Minha Gentil, que te Partiste

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 50.

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