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by Antero Tarquínio de Quental (1842 - 1891)

Pois que os deuses antigos e os antigos
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Pois que os deuses antigos e os antigos
Divinos sonhos por esse ar se somem...
E á luz do altar-da-fé, em Templo ou Dolmen,
A apagaram os ventos inimigos...

Pois que o Sinay se enubla, e os seus pascigos,
Seccos á mingua d'agua, se consomem...
E os prophetas d'outr'ora todos dormem,
Esquecidos, em terra sem abrigos...

Pois que o céo se fechou, e já não desce
Na escada de Jacob (na de Jesus!)
Um só anjo que aceite a nossa prece...

É que o lirio da Fé já não renasce:
Deus tapou com a mão a sua luz,
E ante os homens velou a sua face!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Antero de Quental, Odes Modernas: segunda edição, Livraria Internacional, 1875, page 31.


Text Authorship:

  • by Antero Tarquínio de Quental (1842 - 1891), no title, appears in Odes Modernas, in A idéia, no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

  • by Luís de Freitas Branco (1890 - 1955), "Pois que os deuses antigos e os antigos" [ voice and piano ], from A Idéia, Ciclo Anteriano (1937-1943), no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2021-03-03
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