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Fernando Pessoa
Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa, mais conhecido como Fernando Pessoa, foi um poeta, filósofo e escritor português. Fernando Pessoa é o mais universal poeta português.
1888-06-13 Lisboa, Portugal
1935-11-30 Lisboa
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The wave hath burst white upon the beach.
Speak no more of it.
The leaf hath rotted. No more can it teach
But a moral for joy unfit.
The day hath ended. Who speaks of its morn
But must think of its night?
The old corpse is rotting. That it was once born
Seems a lie to the sight.
The heart hath broken; no more can it throb
With deep love or care.
Its voice hath vanished; no more can it sob
In its deep despair.
Thus all things do crumble and all doth pass,
But not always forgot:
For we feel it deep, and in the heart «was»
Meaneth but «is nob».
Speak no more of it.
The leaf hath rotted. No more can it teach
But a moral for joy unfit.
The day hath ended. Who speaks of its morn
But must think of its night?
The old corpse is rotting. That it was once born
Seems a lie to the sight.
The heart hath broken; no more can it throb
With deep love or care.
Its voice hath vanished; no more can it sob
In its deep despair.
Thus all things do crumble and all doth pass,
But not always forgot:
For we feel it deep, and in the heart «was»
Meaneth but «is nob».
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