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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CATARINA, by LUIS DE CAMOENS Poet's Biography First Line: A movement of the soft eyes, slow and eloquent Last Line: Earth and all earthly sorrows to a heaven! Alternate Author Name(s): Camoes, Luis De; Camoens, Luiz Vaz De Subject(s): Love | |||
"Um mover d'olhos brando e piadoso." A MOVEMENT of the soft eyes, slow and eloquent, A smile of sweet, yet of such chastened joy, 'Twere easy to transform it to a tear. A gentle, timid motion, like young flowers Beneath the murmuring west wind undulating. A graceful, modest ardour -- yet at times Most grave and quiet majesty, as one Who knows -- that rarest knowledge -- her own worth. A childlike nature, index of a soul Where goodness is intuitive -- not put on To gain false praises for a falser virtue. A bashful softness when she tells her love -- A tremour as of guilt, with low-drooped eyes And red-rose cheek, did not her brow serene, Like to a temple of all holy things, Forbid the thought. A patient power of sufferance, Enduring all with angel smiles of love. This, the celestial beauty of my Circe -- This is the magic potion which has changed Earth and all earthly sorrows to a Heaven! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD |
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