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Born in 1865 / Died in 1896 / Colombia / Spanish

Poems by Jose Asuncion Silva

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Nocturne III

... one night in which fantastic fireflies burnt in the humid nuptial shadows, ...

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Suspiro (Yearning)

... Instead seek me out in the kingdom of the dead ...

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Dusk

... That people the dreams all children have, ...

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Butterflies

... Evening sky Or opaline glimmer ...

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The Woodsmen Of San Juan

... Sawing on! Straddling his grandmother’s firm knees, ...

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For The Reader's Ear

... When, shaken by love’s power, it trembles, ...

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Chrysalises

... If the winged butterfly, I thought, leaves ...

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Childhood

... And overhead The star that led them from afar ...