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 APOSTLE
The preacher said: «My task, it is to take
To men the mystic balsam of a creed,
And in their hearts lust-taken to awake
A fervour above life and above need.
My work: is to outcast the every greed
For beauty, and the chains of love to break,
And the whole field of youth and joy to rake
Clear for the sowing of my holy seed.
I go to preach a doctrine sweet and sad
Of sacrifice and of benevolence:
I turn my back on life, on earthly bliss.
But e'er I go ‑ oh, God, can I be mad? -
Would I could take to that cold life intense
The soul-perturbing memory of a kiss!»
To men the mystic balsam of a creed,
And in their hearts lust-taken to awake
A fervour above life and above need.
My work: is to outcast the every greed
For beauty, and the chains of love to break,
And the whole field of youth and joy to rake
Clear for the sowing of my holy seed.
I go to preach a doctrine sweet and sad
Of sacrifice and of benevolence:
I turn my back on life, on earthly bliss.
But e'er I go ‑ oh, God, can I be mad? -
Would I could take to that cold life intense
The soul-perturbing memory of a kiss!»
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