Livros e flores

Teus olhos são meus livros.
Que livro há aí melhor,
Em que melhor se leia
A página do amor?

Flores me são teus lábios.
Onde há mais bela flor,
Em que melhor se beba
O bálsamo do amor?

Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Authorship

• by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839 - 1908), "Livros e flores", appears in Falenas, first published 1870 [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Hostílio de Almeida Soares (1898 - 1988), "Livros e flores" [voice and piano], from Álbum para canto e piano, no. 1. [
   text not verified 
  ]

Text added to the website: 2010-07-30.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:03:54
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