“The sea, the sea is everything! Its sovereign mass
brings to me atoms of a myriad faraway lands;
Its bright smile animates me in the limpid mornings
And when at the end of day my faith has failed me
My heart echoes the sound of its sorrow in the sands.”

—  José Rizal

"Mi Retiro", st.6 - translated by Nick Joaquin.

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Filipino writer, ophthalmologist, polyglot and nationalist 1861–1896

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