Puerto Rico is the sword/that will delay the advance/of the… - Julia de Burgos

" "
Puerto Rico is the sword/that will delay the advance/of the saxon empire!/Let her wound be the last/that on its latin soil/the vile oppressor makes.

Julia de Burgos

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Julia de Burgos

Julia de Burgos (February 17, 1914 – July 6, 1953) was a Puerto Rican poet.

All quotes from Julia de Burgos Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Julia de Burgos:

Leonard Cohen Anna Akhmatova Walt Whitman Federico García Lorca Rabindranath Tagore

Additional quotes by Julia de Burgos

you who feel the sobs of the homeland that breathes slavery

Que sea nuestra vida presente de todo./Que busque futuro tan sólo en el alma./Que ensaye verdades. Que sienta en idea./Que siempre se extienda cortando distancias

Whoever judges my soul by the skin that blankets me/doesn't even extend herself to what her voice reaches.

Puerto Rico is the sword/that will delay the advance/of the saxon empire!/Let her wound be the last/that on its latin soil/the vile oppressor makes. - Julia de Burgos

About Julia de Burgos

Advanced Search Filters

Additional quotes by Julia de Burgos

Go Premium