“That more would he serve, if life
Were not so short for love so long.”

Mais servira, se não fora
Para tão longo amor tão curta a vida.
tr. Norwood Andrews
Lyric poetry, Não pode tirar-me as esperanças, Sete anos de pastor Jacob servia

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Mais servira, se não fora Para tão longo amor tão curta a vida.

Lyric poetry, Não pode tirar-me as esperanças, Sete anos de pastor Jacob servia

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Portuguese poet 1524–1580

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