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Aguas do Gange, e a terra de Bengala,
Fertil de sorte que outra não lhe iguala.
⁠Camoes, Lusiadas, Canto VII, Stanza xx.

 

Here by the mouths, where hallowed Ganges ends,
Bengala's beauteous Eden wide extends.
⁠Mickle's Trans.