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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.