
POESIAS
IMPRENSA NACIONAL
segunda edição
LISBOA EM CASA DA VIUVA BERTRAND E FILHOS aos martyres, n.º 73
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POESIAS - POR - A. HERCULANO
LIVRO PRIMEIRO - A HARPA DO CRENTE.
A VOZ.
A ARRABIDA. - I.
MOCIDADE E MORTE.
In this lyrical collection, a restless voice weaves together prayer, protest, and personal yearning across a tapestry of historical echoes. The poet summons ancient temples, shadowed cloisters, and storm‑tossed seas to explore the tension between faith and tyranny. Images of cracked stone, chanting monks, and relentless wind create a vivid, almost cinematic backdrop. The verses oscillate between reverent hymnody and blunt defiance, inviting listeners to feel the weight of centuries pressing on the present.
The work opens with a solemn ode to a “harp of the believer,” then moves through a series of meditations on mortality, hope, and the stubborn persistence of the human spirit. Each section feels like a candle lit in a dim chapel, its flame flickering as it confronts doubts and ancient commandments. Listeners will hear the poet’s plaintive calls for justice beside hushed whispers of inevitable silence. By the close of the first act, the collection establishes a contemplative rhythm that balances stark realism with soaring lyricism, setting the stage for deeper reckonings to come.
Language
pt
Duration
~3 hours (184K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Rita Farinha and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by National Library of Portugal (Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal).)
Release date
2008-06-28
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1810–1877
A central figure in Portuguese Romanticism, this novelist, poet, and historian helped reshape how Portugal told its own past. His fiction brought drama and atmosphere to history, while his scholarship pushed for a more critical, modern way of writing it.
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