Under the gaze of Ulysses –

Species, words and other landscapes

a TRAVEL NOTEBOOK by Manuel Valente Alves

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Elegia

“Os fugazes frutos /

as alegrias /

o tapete mágico /

o instante transfigurado /

o tilintar da sorte /

o bolso da esperança /

o som da queda /

a rosa do olhar

Na busca heróica /

o martírio de prosseguir”

–– Ana Hatherly, Rilkeana (1999)

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