Whoever, Lady, sees plain and clear the lovely essence of y… - Luís de Camões

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Whoever, Lady, sees plain and clear
the lovely essence of your fair eyes
and doesn't from seeing them go blind
hasn't paid your looks their due.

Luís de Camões

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Luís Vaz de Camões (or de Camoens) (c. 1524 – June 10 1580) is considered the national poet of Portugal and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. He wrote a considerable amount of lyrical poetry and drama, but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads), the influence of which is so profound that Portuguese is sometimes called the "language of Camões".

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Native Name: Luís Vaz de Camões

Alternative Names: Luis de Camoens • Camoens • Camões • Camoëns • Luís de Camoens

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For these vain honours, this false gold, give price
(Unless he have it in himself) to none,
Better deserve them, and to go without;
Than have them undeserved, without doubt.

No star from above
nor flower in the field
seems to me as fair
as the one I love.

Ever in this world saw I
Good men suffer grave torments,
But even more— Enough to terrify— Men who live out evil lives
Reveling in pleasure and in content.

Whoever, Lady, sees plain and clear the lovely essence of your fair eyes and doesn't from seeing them go blind hasn't paid your looks their due. - Luís de Camões

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