POEM 03:
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Illustrated Minas, 1937 A Great National Poet |
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poet of delicate sensibility, consecrated by the critic, born on August 16th, 1870, in Saba - rá and dead on May 13th of the past year in this Capital where was one of the oldest and more honest - merchants. Laudelino Freire included him in his "Collectanea", as a great national poet. |
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| TO THE GOOD ONES | |||
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The mind? Have it as an open canopy to the peace, to the good, that are origins of the life. Heroic, closely pursue the evil, always in the fierce too acrid fight. |
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Are there sun in the sky and shades in the desert? Face them, getting the better of them, so that the oasis be covered of light. This is that is beautiful and gigantic work! |
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Go to the illiterate, to the rude pariah, tell him what is moral, what is virtue — make him noble in rutilant actions. |
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It is in this way that you will be very noble and you will pick from the hearts of the poors applauses, blessings, laurels, and ovations. |
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