WHEN I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,
Before high pil`d books, in charact'ry,
Hold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain;
When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face,
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
And feel that I may never live to trace
Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;
And when I feel, fair creature of an hour!
That I shall never look upon thee more,
Never have relish in the faery power
Of unreflecting love;—then on the shore
Of the wide world I stand alone, and think,
Till Love and Fame to nothingness do sink.

John Keats

Se tenho medo de meus dias terminar
Antes de a pena me aliviar o espírito, antes
De muito livro, em alta pilha, me encerrar
Os grãos maduros como em silos transbordantes;
Se vejo, nas feições da noite constelar,
Enormes símbolos nublados de um romance
E penso que não viverei para copiar
As suas sombras com a mão maga de um relance;
Quando sinto que nunca mais hei de te ver,
Formosa criatura de um momento ideal!
Nem hei de saborear o mítico poder
Do amor irrefletido! - então no litoral
Do vasto mundo eu fico só, a meditar,
Até ir Fama e Amor no nada naufragar.

Péricles E.S. Ramos

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