VONTADE DE DORMIR

Fios d'ouro puxam por mim
A soërguer-me na poeira—
Cada um para o seu fim,
Cada um para o seu norte…

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Arranquem-me esta grandeza!
—Pra que me sonha a beleza,
Se a não posso transmigrar?…

Where this text comes from

First published in Dispersão (Lisboa, em casa do autor). Author's edition, 250 copies. Title page dated 1914; colophon 26 November 1913. An earlier periodical printing has not been established. [1]

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Taken from Project Gutenberg, gutenberg/21799, 21799.html. Rights: public domain (Project Gutenberg transcription; underlying text pre-1931).

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Cite this poem

Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890–1916). “VONTADE DE DORMIR.” First published in Dispersão (Lisboa, em casa do autor). Text: Poem Index, https://poemindex.org/mario-de-sa-carneiro/vontade-de-dormir/. Append #L14 to cite line 14, or #L4-L9 for lines 4–9.

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