“Now no joy but lacks salt,
That is not dashed with pain
And weariness and fault;
I crave the stain
Of tears, the aftermark
Of almost too much love,
The sweet of bitter bark
And burning clove.”
"To Earthward" (1923), st. 5,6
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That is not dashed with pain
And weariness and fault;
I crave the stain
Of tears, the …" by Robert Frost?
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Original: Ó mar salgado, quanto do teu sal
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