| Samuel Waddington, comp. The Sonnets of Europe. 1888. | | | | On Seeing Catharina de Athaide in Church and Losing His Heart | | By Luís de Camões (c. 1524–1580) |
| | Translated by J. J. Aubertin
THE SOULS of all were sad in solemn prayer, | |
| Owning the mercy of their Lord Divine, | |
| While in His holy presence so benign, | |
| The tribute that was due they offered there: | |
| My heart till then was free from every care, | 5 |
| Till then my fate had traced an equal line, | |
| When lo! some eyes, too high and pure for mine, | |
| Assaulted all my reason, unaware. | |
| The novel vision struck me wholly blind; | |
| From strangeness sprang the magic charm displayed | 10 |
| By that soft presence, all angelical. | |
| And can I no alleviation find? | |
| Oh! why in births hath Human Nature made | |
| Difference so great, and we her children all! | | | | |
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