“"Death, what are you taking?" "The daylight."
"What hour did you take it?" "As it dawned."
"Do you know what you're taking?"
"I'm unconcerned."
"Then who made you do it?" "The Creator."”

—  Luís de Camões

Lyric poetry, Não pode tirar-me as esperanças, Transforma-se o amador na cousa amada

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Portuguese poet 1524–1580

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