“The lover becomes the thing he loves
By virtue of much imagining;
Since what I long for is already in me,
The act of longing should be enough.”

— 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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