“God gave the sea the danger and the abyss,
but it was in it that He mirrored the sky.”
Poem "Mar Português", Verses 11-12
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Original: Deus ao mar o perigo e o abismo deu,
Mas nele é que espelhou o céu.
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Fernando Pessoa 288
Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publi… 1888–1935Related quotes
“We are two abysses — a well staring at the sky.”
Ibid., p. 48
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Somos dois abismos — um poço fitando o céu.
I Am a Child, from Last Time Around (1968)
Song lyrics, With Buffalo Springfield
“You are the grandson of the sky and sea.”
Tu caeli pelagique nepos.
Source: Achilleid, Book I, Line 869; Ulysses to Achilles.
“He never had a doubt that such gods were;
He looked within, and saw them mirrored there.”
The Legend of Jubal (1869)
Context: When Cain was driven from Jehovah's land
He wandered eastward, seeking some far strand
Ruled by kind gods who asked no offerings
Save pure field-fruits, as aromatic things,
To feed the subtler sense of frames divine
That lived on fragrance for their food and [wine]]:
Wild joyous gods, who winked at faults and folly,
And could be pitiful and melancholy.
He never had a doubt that such gods were;
He looked within, and saw them mirrored there.
“The sea
For the sky
Confuses its white sheep
With pure angels
The sea
Shepherdess of the blue Infinite”
"La Mer" (1943)